intensely

American  

[in-tens-lee] / ɪnˈtɛns li /

adverb

1. to a high or extreme degree.

   Many ingredients are rolled into this intensely flavorful and very versatile curry paste.

2. (said in reference to emotions or feelings) acutely, strongly, or vehemently.

   We should all be intensely angry about what is happening, and should do something besides just sitting at our computers absorbing information.

   I disliked the book intensely.

3. earnestly or strenuously; in a highly engaged or involved way.

   The first time I watched the documentary, all I saw was these four people talking intensely about their music.

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Other Word Forms

• hyperintensely adverb
• overintensely adverb
• superintensely adverb

Etymology

Origin of intensely

intense ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Seward was intensely ambitious and gregarious, and “fled family life,” once writing to Frances, “I could not be well or happy at home.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"He was intensely serious but showed flashes of humour. He encouraged debate although his officers were deferential," Pike wrote in a 2019 book.

From Barron's

The cluster is filled with intensely hot gas and existed just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily

Instead of mentally downshifting for something easy like data entry, which can often be performed by AI, workers may now be expected to focus intensely through longer stretches of data analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, they interact intensely with one another as electrons move, ions shift, interfaces change, and even tiny differences in structure can trigger highly nonlinear responses.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• fiercely
• profoundly
• strongly
• vehemently
• very