bone-deep

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Adjective

bone-deep (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Extremely deep or profound (emotionally).

   Antonym: skin-deep

   • 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 December 2017:

     Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their _targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.

Related terms

• in one's bones

See also

• core