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Deepest

Deep \Deep\ (d[=e]p), a. [Compar. Deeper (d[=e]p"[~e]r); superl. Deepest (d[=e]p"[e^]st).] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de['o]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[=u]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See Dip, Dive.]

  1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.

    The water where the brook is deep.
    --Shak.

  2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.

    Shadowing squadrons deep.
    --Milton.

    Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook.
    --Shak.

  3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.

  4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.

    Speculations high or deep.
    --Milton.

    A question deep almost as the mystery of life.
    --De Quincey.

    O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep.
    --Ps. xcii.

  5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.

    Deep clerks she dumbs.
    --Shak.

  6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. ``Deep despair.'' --Milton. ``Deep silence.'' --Milton. ``Deep sleep.'' --Gen. ii. 2

    1. ``Deeper darkness.''
      --Hoole. ``Their deep poverty.''
      --2 Cor. viii.

    2. An attitude of deep respect.
      --Motley.

  7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.

  8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. ``The deep thunder.''
    --Byron.

    The bass of heaven's deep organ.
    --Milton.

  9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
    --Chaucer.

    The ways in that vale were very deep.
    --Clarendon.

    A deep line of operations (Military), a long line.

    Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

Wiktionary
deepest

a. (en-superlative of: deep).

Usage examples of "deepest".

And inside him, despite the pain, at the centre of his deepest self was just sheer joy at being alive.

For a boy to remember vividly, he must experience the world with the deepest engagement of his senses, and this Danlo could not do because he was weak of limb and blurry of eye and clouded and numb in his mind.

How could Danlo explain the peace beyond peace to a civilized boy with eyes out of his deepest nightmares?

Then, in the deepest, coldest part of night with the wind dying and the world fallen silent, just before dawn, Danlo heard Ahira calling him.

And now, waiting beneath the grey, gravid sky, there was a foreboding that recalled his deepest memories, distant childhood images of chilled teeth, bewilderment, and dread.

I believe we must learn the infinite subtleties and the deepest logic of language.

And so, in the deepest sense, Bardo chose his own future and drew it forth roaring into reality by the force of his will alone.

And with every stroke of his mallet, he winced as if in pain, as if meting out such violence mutilated his deepest self and caused him agony.

Hanuman did not like to lie to himself about his own deepest purposes.

It is a mystical truth, that reality at its deepest level is an undivided wholeness.

He was too full of himself, and this was a kind of pain tearing apart his deepest membranes.

He was twenty-one years old, and he would always be twenty-one years old, and the memory molecules flooded the deepest parts of his brain.

They bore Hanuman away to the Well, which was a room of dark tanks and healing waters in the deepest part of the house.

Doctrines meant to guide individuals to the deepest truths of the universe become wails of words separating society from society, men from women, and cutting people off from the holiest part of themselves.

And so once again, Danlo entered the music room and listened to rare musics and smelled ancient smells, but this time he found himself cut off from the deepest experience of the Elder Eddas.