verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeper
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And I began to discover some recent local history as I delved deeper into this pit of hell.
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But he delved deeper and discovered that the thirteen genders were arranged in a hierarchy.
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He delved deeper in Judi's memories.
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As it went on, Atkinson's routine delved deeper into meaninglessness.
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But as a text oriented towards the practitioner it does not delve deeper than what would be already known by the reader.
deeply
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We delve deeply into the psyche for memories of past experience and sensation to judge any work of art.
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The movie delves deeply into the issues of violence and its consequences.
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That leaves the weapons connection, but it is inappropriate for the Sizewell inquiry to delve deeply into this issue.
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Researchers, too, can sometimes be carried away in delving deeply into some issue in the minutest detail.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For 13 years, she delved assiduously.
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No one was to be called upon to delve too deeply into his pocket, it was agreed.
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So I delved beneath my anorak and pulled out a corner of shirt.
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This man would want to know everything, would delve and dig, and not be satisfied with surface explanations.
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To delve into interface design further, consider video on-demand.
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We shall need also to delve into the foundations of mathematics, and even to question the very nature of physical reality.
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While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers' software, others delve into the concepts and methodologies.
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Yet here the counsellor faces the problem of whether to delve into the difficult past, or to leave it alone.