intensely
part of speech
adverb (intensely)
meaning for a pupil
Intensely means very strongly, deeply or extremely. tree →
sense 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 →
- He stared intensely at the chessboard. tree →
- She trained intensely for the race. tree →
- The cheese smelled intensely of garlic. tree →
- They argued intensely about the rules. tree →
- The film was intensely scary. tree →
- 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 →
note
Adverb from «intense». Do not confuse with «intensively» (in a very concentrated, organised way, like intensive farming) or «intently» (with full attention).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «intensely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.