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intensely |
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intensely adverb 1. very, highly, extremely, greatly, strongly, severely, terribly, ultra, utterly, unusually, exceptionally, extraordinarily, markedly, awfully (informal), acutely, exceedingly, excessively, inordinately, uncommonly, to the nth degree, to or in the extreme The fast-food business is intensely competitive. 2. intently, deeply, seriously (informal), profoundly, passionately He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me. Translations intensely [ɪnˈtenslɪ] ADV 1. (= extremely) [interesting, boring, competitive] → sumamente; [irritated] → sumamente, tremendamente; [grateful, moving] → profundamente, sumamente difficulties of an intensely personal nature → dificultades de carácter sumamente personal to be intensely angry → estar terriblemente enfadado or (LAm) enojado, estar enfadadísimo or (LAm) enojadísimo 2. (= concentratedly) [work, fight, concentrate] → intensamente 3. (= with passion) [look, love] → intensamente; [discuss] → apasionadamente; [say] → con pasión I dislike it intensely → me desagrada profundamente why do you dislike her so intensely? → ¿por qué te resulta tan antipática? he was staring intensely at me → me miraba fija e intensamente they argued the point intensely → lo discutieron acaloradamente intensely [ɪnˈtɛnsli] adv [irritating, annoying] → souverainement; [moving] → profondément; [personal, private] → des plus The fast-food business is intensely competitive → Le secteur de la restauration rapide fait l'objet d'une concurrence intense. A man's relationship to God is an intensely private affair → La relation d'un homme à Dieu est une affaire des plus privées. intensely adv (= extremely) cold, hot, disappointed, irritated, difficult → äußerst; intensely flavoured → intensiv gewürzt; an intensely competitive business → eine Branche mit äußerst scharfer Konkurrenz; I dislike it intensely → ich kann es absolut nicht ausstehen (= with strong emotion, hard) feel, live, stare, work, study → intensiv; he spoke so intensely that none could doubt his sincerity → er sprach mit einer solchen Intensität, dass niemand an seiner Aufrichtigkeit zweifeln konnte intensely [ɪnˈtɛnslɪ] adv (difficult, hot, cold) → estremamente; (moved) → profondamente intensely [ɪnˈtɛnslɪ] adv (difficult, hot, cold) → estremamente; (moved) → profondamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat under the Shadow of the Ass. The future of phonetics rests probably with his pupils, who all swore by him; but nothing could bring the man himself into any sort of compliance with the university, to which he nevertheless clung by divine right in an intensely Oxonian way. The rocks about me were of a harsh reddish colour, and all the trace of life that I could see at first was the intensely green vegetation that covered every projecting point on their south-eastern face. |
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