1.
If you say that one thing is ~ in another, you mean that it is strongly influenced by it or has developed from it.
The crisis is ~ in deep rivalries between the two groups.
ADJ: v-link ADJ in n
2.
If someone has deeply ~ opinions or feelings, they believe or feel something extremely strongly and are unlikely to change.
Racism is a deeply ~ prejudice which has existed for thousands of years.
ADJ: usu ADJ n, usu adv ADJ
see also deep-~
3.
If you are ~ to the spot, you are unable to move because you are very frightened or shocked.
We just stopped there, ~ to the spot.
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