animprofunde

Esperanto

Etymology

animo + profunde.

Adverb

animprofunde

  1. in the depth of one’s soul
    • Aleksej Birjulin (translator), “Misfortuna historio” (“An Unpleasant Predicament”) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in Blankaj noktoj,
      El tio klaras, ke Ivano Iljiĉ strebis alten, sed animprofunde kun timo kaŝis siajn svagajn revojn kaj esperojn.
      From this it will be seen that Ivan Ilyitch aimed high, though he hid his vague hopes and dreams deep in his heart, even with a certain trepidation.
    • István Ertl (translator), “Emma Zunz” by Jorge Luis Borges, in La Ondo de Esperanto, 2008, №7 (165),
      lia vera pasio estis mono. Animprofunde, li hontis esti malpli kapabla gajni ĝin ol konservi.
      but money was his real passion. With intimate embarrassment, he knew himself to be less apt at earning it than at saving it. (Donald A. Yates translation, New Directions, 1964)
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