ankle-deep chronic confirmed deep deep-cut deep-down deep-dyed deep-engraven deep-fixed deep-grounded deep-laid deep-lying deep-reaching deep-seated deep-set deep-settled deep-sinking deep-sunk deep-sunken deepish deepsome dyed-in-the-wool embedded embossed engrafted engraved entrenched established etched fast firmly established fixed graven implanted impressed imprinted incorrigible inculcated indelibly impressed infixed ingrained ingrown instilled inveterate inwrought irreversible knee-deep long-established old-line on a rock on bedrock profound rooted set settled settled in habit stabilized thorough vested well-established well-founded well-grounded well-set well-settled