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Depth

noun

The extent downward or backward or inward. Synonym: deepness. "Depth of a shelf" , "Depth of a closet"

Degree of psychological or intellectual profundity.

(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part. "Signals received from the depths of space"

(usually plural) a low moral state.

The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. Synonyms: astuteness, deepness, profoundness, profundity.

The attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense. "The depth of his sighs," , "The depth of his emotion"

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"Depth" Quotes from Famous Books

... nature, and their learning no more than that of common-place, they have applied the sense of the parables to certain general and vulgar matters, without reaching to their real purport, genuine interpretation and full depth;' certainly it would not be that kind of criticism, then, which would be able to bring out the subtleties of the new learning from those popular embodiments, which he tells us it will have to take, in order to make some impression, ...

— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon

... the river would dry up, in consequence of their Neptune taking offence at me. Once over, I looked down on the noble stream with considerable pride. About eight yards broad, it was sunk down a considerable depth below the surface of the land, like a huge canal, and is so deep, it could not be poled by the canoemen; while it runs at a velocity of from three to four ...

— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke

... crevices that the young explorer discovered on the way up. These appeared to reach down to a considerable depth, but having no weight to attach to the end of his rope he could not sound the depth with any degree of certainty. One of these crevices was large enough to admit ...

— The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks • Frank Gee Patchin

... am sure that the young of all animals often do want help upon matters about which anyone would say a priori that there should be no difficulty. One would think that a young seal would want no teaching how to swim, nor yet a bird to fly, but in practice a young seal drowns if put out of its depth before its parents have taught it to swim; and so again, even the young hawk must be taught to fly before it ...

— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler

... cities. It consists in the wonderful inequality between his mental and social development. The same person who will be regarded as a boor in good society, will yet exhibit a rapidity and profundity of thought and intelligence—a depth and soundness of judgment—an acuteness in discrimination—a logical accuracy, and critical analysis, such as mere good society rarely shows, and such as books almost as rarely teach. There will be a deficiency ...

— Charlemont • W. Gilmore Simms

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