EGAVE

intensely

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 4.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In an intense manner.
    He pursued his studies intensely.
  2. adverb To an intense degree, extremely.
    An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.

Similar words

intensively inordinately overly excessively vigorously strongly strong vehemently keenly strenuously

Often followed by

interested personal and interesting hot in than cold as

Word family

intense intenseness intensification intensified intensifies intensify intensifying intension intensity intensive

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