Fathomly

adj, adv

adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very deep; abyssal. nonstandard, rare

    "We know the Present ; the Past we have experienced, and are persuaded that the Future flows out from some fathomly abyss of being, of exhaustless source, itself being in its supreme sense, and beginningless in its nature."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Profoundly; deeply. nonstandard, rare

    "A metropolitan suzerain, acclaimed to be, at once, par excellence, fathomly erudite, incomparably pious dauntingly charismatic, lustrous without pareil, admirably devout, soundly versed in lslam, remotely materialistic, flexibly oligarchic."

Example

More examples

"We know the Present ; the Past we have experienced, and are persuaded that the Future flows out from some fathomly abyss of being, of exhaustless source, itself being in its supreme sense, and beginningless in its nature."

Etymology

From fathom + -ly.

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