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bone-deep en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Extremely deep or profound (emotionally).
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.
2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
Antonyms
skin-deep
Relateds
in one's bones · core