adv
Meaning 1
In a dense manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The forest was densely populated with trees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
densely
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/ˈdɛnsli/
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a concentrated manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built
- a thickly populated area
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thickly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a stupid manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumbly, obtusely
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English dense Middle English -ly English -ly English densely From dense + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِكَثَافَةٍ (bikaṯāfatin) — in a dense manner
- Catalan: densament — in a dense manner
- Macedonian: густо (gusto) — in a dense manner
- Russian: гу́сто (gústo) — in a dense manner
- Russian: пло́тно (plótno) — in a dense manner
- Russian: те́сно (tésno) — in a dense manner
- Spanish: densamente — in a dense manner
Real reading context