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# intensely

adverb (intensely)

«intensely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Intensely means very strongly, deeply or extremely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, «she stared intensely» shows deep concentration or strong feeling. In everyday life, things can be intensely hot, bright, boring or annoying. In science, light or heat can be intensely strong. It adds force to describing words.

### Examples

- The sun was intensely hot at noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x1)
- He stared intensely at the chessboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x2)
- She trained intensely for the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x3)
- The cheese smelled intensely of garlic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x4)
- They argued intensely about the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x5)
- The film was intensely scary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x6)
- So intensely hot it was, indeed, that it caught a dry tree under which Jason was now standing, and set it all in a light blaze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «intense». Do not confuse with «intensively» (in a very concentrated, organised way, like intensive farming) or «intently» (with full attention).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intensely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intensely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intensely.html) on Mova free.