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in·ten·sive  (n-tnsv)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive training. See Usage Note at intense.
2. Grammar Tending to emphasize or intensify: an intensive adverb.
3. Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination: research-intensive; labor-intensive.
4. Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor.
5. Physics Having the same value for any subdivision of a thermodynamic system: intensive pressure.
n. Grammar
A linguistic element, such as the adverb extremely or awfully, that provides force or emphasis. Also called intensifier.

in·tensive·ly adv.
in·tensive·ness n.
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Adv.1.intensively - in an intensive manner; "he studied the snake intensively"
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intensively [ɪnˈtɛnsɪvlɪ] advintensivamente


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