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as in hard
with great effort or determination
struggled intensely to master the language of her adopted country
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as in extremely
to a great degree
the senate race was intensely close
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Recent Examples of intensely
Make sure to eat a balanced diet and get adequate calories when exercising intensely.
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
Bottles may feature a variety of whole, colorful peppers, and the flavor is more acidic than intensely spicy.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Killing both of them, however, would really infuse a sixth season with intensely personal stakes for Oliver and Mabel in particular.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
He’s been replaced by a golem (the inimitable Boris Karloff) with a singular, instantly recognizable redesign, brought to life in a hilltop castle by an intensely cinematic asset – lightning.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Colin Hanks, a forty-seven-year-old actor and director, resembles a younger, intensely thoughtful Tom Hanks; Chris Candy, a forty-one-year-old actor and musician, is bearded, with his late father’s kind eyes.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Derived from 97% natural ingredients, here ceramides, vanilla planifolia, and swertia extracts blend together for an intensely hydrating lip treatment that feels impossibly soft and lightweight.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
In Start of Watch, Harry Bosch, a intensely observant, stoic and unyielding young man, is a probationary patrol officer with the LAPD.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Knowing this, the military was intensely interested in optimization problems — that is, how to strategically allocate limited resources in situations that could involve hundreds or thousands of variables.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Wendy Wisner, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
Bottles may feature a variety of whole, colorful peppers, and the flavor is more acidic than intensely spicy.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Killing both of them, however, would really infuse a sixth season with intensely personal stakes for Oliver and Mabel in particular.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
He’s been replaced by a golem (the inimitable Boris Karloff) with a singular, instantly recognizable redesign, brought to life in a hilltop castle by an intensely cinematic asset – lightning.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Colin Hanks, a forty-seven-year-old actor and director, resembles a younger, intensely thoughtful Tom Hanks; Chris Candy, a forty-one-year-old actor and musician, is bearded, with his late father’s kind eyes.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Derived from 97% natural ingredients, here ceramides, vanilla planifolia, and swertia extracts blend together for an intensely hydrating lip treatment that feels impossibly soft and lightweight.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
In Start of Watch, Harry Bosch, a intensely observant, stoic and unyielding young man, is a probationary patrol officer with the LAPD.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Knowing this, the military was intensely interested in optimization problems — that is, how to strategically allocate limited resources in situations that could involve hundreds or thousands of variables.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensely
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There’s nobody who works harder than Cristobal.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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And even harder, the task ahead for that leader.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sharon is extremely annoying, but my heart does break for her a tiny bit here.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Satchel Crossbody This effortlessly chic crossbody bag will add an elegant flair to any daytime look while also being extremely functional.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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And managers are reluctant to crack down too intensively.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Disney is incredibly unlikely to ever admit that politics were a factor in Doctor Who‘s cancellation, but Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension was revealing of the company’s desire to minimize MAGA wrath.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s always someone around the corner who’s eager to please you, but being so recognizable can become incredibly isolating as well.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Though the talk was of the details of a life, the shadow that hung above our conversation, as one had hung above that life, was intently political.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rufus gathers from the firefighters that a gas main probably exploded while Mark captures, in his phone, the image of a man hovering by the accident, staring intently ahead like a ghost.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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And then, in the very last draft, my editor asked me to clarify for her how the science worked.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The top four appropriators, Cole, Collins, House ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-MA), and Senate ranking member Patty Murray (D-WA), have to diligently work together in an effort to achieve the tough process of passing 12 appropriations bills across the floor of both chambers.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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While many companies initially invested diligently in their AI teams and development, the technology has sometimes led to those exact roles being deemed unnecessary.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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With its frozen setting, enigmatic characters, and haunting tone, Let The Right One In is, at its core, a twisted and terribly sad love story — as all the best vampire movies are.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Something went terribly wrong in the flavor-infusion process.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Intensely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensely. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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