Meanings
adverbintensively (comparative more intensively, superlative most intensively)
comparative more intensively · superlative most intensively
- In an intensive way.
The line is intensively used, with around 100 passenger services each day and 40 freight trains serving Southampton docks.
2023 May 17, Paul Clifton, “Extreme weather at heart of Nuneham viaduct failure”, in RAIL, number 983, page 13
Origin
- Englishintensive
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishintensively
Translations
Catalan intensivament
- intensivamentin an intensive way
French intensivement
- intensivementin an intensive way
German intensiv
- intensivin an intensive way
Hungarian intenzíven
- intenzívenin an intensive way
Italian intensivamente
- intensivamentein an intensive way
Spanish intensivamente
- intensivamentein an intensive way
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APA
intensively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensively
MLA
“intensively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensively. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensively,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensively.
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