adv ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   In an intense manner.

   "He pursued his studies intensely."

2. 2
   To an intense degree, extremely.

   "An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum."

Adverb

1. 1
   to a great depth psychologically or emotionally wordnet
2. 2
   to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abundantlyactivelyacutelyamazinglyamplyanimatedly

Example

More examples

"Jimmy was intensely jealous of the dots in Zoë's name."

Etymology

From intense + -ly.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.