intensely

Adverb

(comparative more intensely, superlative most intensely)

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

Origin

intense +‎ -ly

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The free acid is intensely red in colour.
Breeding males are readily recognized at a distance by the intensely black colour of the lower parts of their body.
It is estimated that there are about io,000 small holdings averaging about four acres and intensely cultivated.
It is an infusible solid, which is intensely yellow at a red heat, but on cooling becomes white.
The most remarkable of the works from this period are - (I) the Bestimmung des Menschen (Vocation of Man, 1800), a book which, for beauty of style, richness of content, and elevation of thought, may be ranked with the Meditations of Descartes; (2) Der geschlossene Handelsstaat, 1800 (The Exclusive or Isolated Commercial State), a very remarkable treatise, intensely socialist in tone, and inculcating organized protection; (3) Sonnenklarer Bericht an das grossere Publicum iiber die neueste Philosophie, 1801.

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