intensely
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3.1
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtɛnsli/
- Because these students often experience feelings more intensely, it is crucial that they feel supported.
- feel intensely
- focus intensely
- study intensely
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- For a smoothed and intensely brightening skin.
- So we're getting that going nice and intensely burning down that fuel.
- We sure as hell can say all viewpoints are being intensely expressed.
- She's also a very intensely needy cat.
- But Oakland's crime has been, it's really intensely steady, steadily on the rise.
- Cole demanding, expected perfection, intensely critical of our employees if they fell short.
- The smell is intensely nutty, like toasted hazelnuts.
- or anything like that. It's an alive, intensely alive piece. You can sense it.
- And it seems, you know, reading the other books, they're intensely political.
- I have not had a thirst or a hunger for eyeshadow this intensely in a long time.
Examples
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The community enthusiastically supports the music programs, especially the intensely competitive marching and concert bands.
Academic text (2013) -
The team practiced intensely for weeks before the championship game.
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And it was for me an intensely emotional moment.
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Speaker, and I am intensely proud of what this government has done.
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This is deeply and intensely personal.
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The operation of a school in the education system has been intensely discussed since the 1980s.
Academic text (2011) -
And as she did so, she became intensely aware of the silence that surrounded her.
Fiction book (1991) -
And it will be a market where stock exchanges compete intensely with other exchanges around the world.
Academic text (1992) -
Steiner says that these thoughts and feelings, held intensely over a period of time, will produce real change.
Academic text (1991) -
Rachel's image appears on the screen, singing softly, intensely, passionately into the camera.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
To a very great degree
855
2.3
To a very great degree
693
1.8
In a way that shows very strong feeling, for example sadness or respect
595
1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
481
1.0
To a large degree or too much
312
1.0
By a very large amount
243
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
132
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
110
4.2
Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts
107
3.5
To a very large degree
69
3.5
To a very large degree
68
3.7
In a very strong way that shows energy or anger
61
2.8
In a way that shows very strong feelings and great excitement
54
4.6
To a very great degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
45
3.5
In a strong way that uses a lot of power
38
7.4
To speak or act with strong feeling and force
36
3.1
A person looks or listens with full attention
26
4.1
Acts in a way that shows strong interest or feeling
25
4.5
To a very high degree
19
5.5
Very strongly felt or noticed
17
5.4
In a way that shows strong belief or feeling
9
3.9
With a lot of effort and attention
7
8.6
To a very great degree
6
4.9
In a way that shows strong feeling and great enthusiasm
1
7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
1
7.4
In a very strong way that is hard to resist
1
7.5
In a way that shows very strong feeling, like passion or desire
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intensely comes from an old Latin word meaning 'stretched', from in- 'in' and tendere 'to stretch'. You can see the same root in tension and extend, and so doing something intensely is like stretching your energy or attention very strongly, which is why it means doing something with great force or focus.