adv
Meaning 1
In an intense manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He pursued his studies intensely.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intensely
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To an intense degree, extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in an intense manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he worked intensely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intense Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intensely From intense + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: intensament — in an intense manner
- Galician: intensamente — in an intense manner
- Navajo: yéigo — in an intense manner
- Navajo: doo kááʼgóó — in an intense manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: intenst — in an intense manner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intenst — in an intense manner
- Portuguese: intensamente — in an intense manner
- Spanish: intensamente — in an intense manner
- Catalan: intensament — to an intense degree
- French: intensément — to an intense degree
- Galician: intensamente — to an intense degree
- Hungarian: hevesen — to an intense degree
- Hungarian: erőteljesen — to an intense degree
- Norwegian Bokmål: intenst — to an intense degree
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intenst — to an intense degree
- Spanish: intensamente — to an intense degree
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