Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an intense degree; with intensity; extremely; very: as, weather intensely cold.
- Attentively; earnestly; intently.
- With intense feeling or emotion.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an intense manner.
- adv. To an intense degree, extremely.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. obsolete Intently.
- adv. To an extreme degree.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an intense manner
Etymologies
- intense + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
““Wings,” Kennedy repeated, disliking the expression intensely and all the happier that Lukas was running the show.”
““The mood today is what I call intensely cautiously optimistic,” he said with a grin.”
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“The members of a SEAL platoon train intensely together as a small unit for many months (sometimes close to one full year) before deploying anywhere in order that they might effectively work together as”
“Now back on a road bike, he plans to train intensely over the next two months, with a view to joining a pro team that will compete in the Quiznos Challenge.”
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“The meeting made a very powerful impression on me, and my memories of it remain intensely vivid to this day.”
“Third, consumers are more and more interested in intensely local content.”
“Brasyl isn't just a parallel dimensions story, it tackles big issues like free will and the heat death of the universe and places them in intensely personal stories, which serves to humanize these ideas and make them easier to understand.”
“One particular fish that I dislike intensely is called "chum”
“Plays with good energy, but does not show a desire to train intensely during the off-season (does what is asked, not much more) ...”
“One issue that youth care about intensely is the draft, and our site is the one to give them the facts in a way they appreciate.”
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EN - academic vocabulary
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abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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The Over-Worked "Very"
Synonyms for the word "very"
absolutely, actually, acutely, amazingly, assuredly, astonishingly, certainly, decidedly, desperately, downright, emphatically, exceedingly and 43 more...
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Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
Faust, erection, metropolitan, splendor, shabby, conservatives, cherished, inconvenient, clung, acoustics, coupe, scramble and 261 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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