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Adjective: knee-deep  nee deep
  1. Reaching to the height of the knees
    "They waded through knee-deep water"
     
  2. Deeply involved or immersed in something
    "She was knee-deep in paperwork"
Adverb: knee-deep  nee deep
  1. Up to the knees
    "we were standing knee-deep in the water";
    - knee-high

Encyclopedia: Knee-deep