Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an intense degree; with intensity; extremely; very: as, weather intensely cold.
- Attentively; earnestly; intently.
- With intense feeling or emotion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Intently.
- adverb To an extreme degree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
intense manner. - adverb To an intense degree, extremely.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an intense manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Wings,” Kennedy repeated, disliking the expression intensely and all the happier that Lukas was running the show.
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003
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“The mood today is what I call intensely cautiously optimistic,” he said with a grin.
Live Blogging: Covering the Coverage - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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“The mood today is what I call intensely cautiously optimistic,” he said with a grin.
Live Blogging: Covering the Coverage - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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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
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Third, consumers are more and more interested in intensely local content.
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Third, consumers are more and more interested in intensely local content.
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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.
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Alexi Grewal is deadly serious about comeback 2010
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The meeting made a very powerful impression on me, and my memories of it remain intensely vivid to this day.
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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.
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One particular fish that I dislike intensely is called "chum"
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