Meanings
comparative more intensely · superlative most intensely · alternative intencely
- To an intense degree, extremely.
An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.
1 more example
You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an intense manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbto a great depth psychologically or emotionally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishintense
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishintensely
Translations
Catalan intensament, intensament
- intensamentin an intense manner
- intensamentto an intense degree
French intensément
- intensémentto an intense degree
Hungarian hevesen, erőteljesen
- hevesento an intense degree
- erőteljesento an intense degree
Norwegian Bokmål intenst, intenst
- intenstin an intense manner
- intenstto an intense degree
Portuguese intensamente
- intensamentein an intense manner
Spanish intensamente, intensamente
- intensamentein an intense manner
- intensamenteto an intense degree
Cite this entry
intensely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensely
“intensely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensely.
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