densely
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2.9
- adverb
- /ˈdɛnslɪ/
:
densamente
- The forest was so densely populated with trees that little sunlight reached the ground.
- densely populated
- densely packed
- densely populated area
This is a very densely packed brush.
- This is a very densely packed brush.
- They're the balls of with densely wound grass.
- So fatty, so indulgent, so rich and so densely packed with this incredibly tender beef.
- Space is full of these billiard balls that are very densely packed.
- Thought provoking questions can be embedded densely into poetry, so Hafez is one of my favorites.
Examples
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This is a very densely packed brush.
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Japan is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Academic text (2008) -
This has to be one of the most densely packed products that I have ever seen.
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Earth has to be the most densely populated planet in the galaxy.
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After the Netherlands, we are the most densely populated country in the world.
Fiction book (1994) -
I build condos in one of the most densely populated cities in the country.
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Fire spreads rapidly from building to building on the densely-packed commercial street.
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Kowloon is the most densely populated area in the world... and Hong Kong is a harbor.
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It was a critical situation, losing thrust in both engines at a low altitude over one of the most densely populated areas of the planet.
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Here, joys and tragedies alike are shared much more than in densely populated places.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
In a firm way so something does not move or open
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1.3
In a dense way that forms a thick layer
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5.6
People stand or sit very close together in a small crowded space
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4.0
People pack items closely and neatly so they take little space
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Densely comes from the old Latin word densus, which means 'thick' or 'close together' and is the same root as dense. Think of a 'dense' fog or a crowd packed tightly, so densely means 'in a thick or tightly packed way'.