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densely

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dense  (dns)
adj. dens·er, dens·est
1.
a. Having relatively high density.
b. Crowded closely together; compact: a dense population.
2. Hard to penetrate; thick: a dense jungle.
3.
a. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter: dense glass; a dense fog.
b. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
4. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity: a dense novel.
5. Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.

[Middle English, from Latin dnsus.]

densely adv.
denseness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.densely - in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone"
2.densely - in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area"
Translations
densely [ˈdenslɪ] ADVdensamente
densely packed pagespáginas repletas de información
densely populateddensamente poblado
densely [ˈdɛnsli] adv
densely wooded → très boisé(e)
densely populated → à forte densité de population, très peuplé(e)
densely
adv populated, woodeddicht; densely packed (crowd)dicht gedrängt
densely [ˈdɛnslɪ] adv densely populateddensamente popolato/a
densely wooded → coperto/a di fitti boschi
densely [ˈdɛnslɪ] adv densely populateddensamente popolato/a
densely wooded → coperto/a di fitti boschi


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The coast was densely overgrown, nor was any building or sign of man apparent from the water.
Towards the stern of the boat it is spirally coiled away in the tub, not like the worm-pipe of a still though, but so as to form one round, cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, or layers of concentric spiralizations, without any hollow but the heart, or minute vertical tube formed at the axis of the cheese.
Texas plumed itself upon its 330,000 natives; Florida, with a far smaller territory, boasted of being much more densely populated with 56,000.
 
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