deep down

English

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Adverb

deep down (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; as part of an honest appraisal.

   He seems like an average businessman, but deep down he's an overgrown kid with a necktie.

   She said she was confident, but deep down she knew she had messed up.

Synonyms

• at heart, in the end; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally

Translations

Fundamentally, in essence

• Danish: dybest set, inderst inde, i bund og grund
• Esperanto: animprofunde
• Finnish: pohjimmiltaan
• French: au fond (fr)
• Galician: no fondo
• Greek: κατά βάθος (katá váthos)
• Hungarian: végső soron (hu), alapvetően (hu), alapjában véve (hu), igazából (hu), lelke mélyén, legbelül (hu)
• Icelandic: inn við beinið, undirniðri
• Italian: in fondo (it), sotto sotto (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innerst inne, dypest sett, i virkeligheten, i bunn og grunn (no)

• Polish: w głębi duszy
• Portuguese: no fundo
• Russian: в глубине души (v glubine duši)
• Spanish: en el fondo

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