Went Backwards A Long Way Down Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "DEEP" which means:

adjective
• • Relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
• • Having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
noun
• • The central and most intense or profound part
• • A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
• • Literary term for an ocean
adverb
• • To a great depth; far down or in
• • To an advanced time
• • To a great distance
adjective satellite
• • Marked by depth of thinking
• • Very distant in time or space
• • Intense or extreme
• • Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
• • Strong; intense
• • Relatively thick from top to bottom
• • Extending relatively far inward
• • (of darkness) densely dark
• • Large in quantity or size
• • With head or back bent low
• • Of an obscure nature
• • Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
• • Exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

An example sentence would be:

• • "She took a deep breath before diving into the water."
• • "The cave was dark and deep, filled with mystery."

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