deepness n 1: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas [syn: {astuteness}, {profundity}, {profoundness}, {depth}, {deepness}] 2: the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" [syn: {deepness}, {profundity}, {profoundness}] [ant: {shallowness}] 3: the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" [syn: {depth}, {deepness}] 4: a low pitch that is loud and voluminous
Deepness \Deep"ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness. [1913 Webster] Because they had no deepness of earth. --Matt. xiii. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. Craft; insidiousness. [R.] --J. Gregory. [1913 Webster]