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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
Andre Agassi would practice super intensely, but for short periods.
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Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Such span, such intensely thoughtful ways of looking at craft.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The robotaxi market is becoming intensely competitive.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Armani was an intensely private man but had a longstanding personal relationship with his business partner, the architect, fashion designer and businessman Sergio Galeotti, who died of complications from AIDS in 1985.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Rather than competing intensely in a single season, males appear to play the long game, spreading their reproductive efforts over many years.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
Higher Revenues With Ads Investors are intensely focused on average revenue per membership.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
This response is most relevant for competitive athletes or people who are training intensely while under stress or sleep deprivation.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 16 Jan. 2026
Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Such span, such intensely thoughtful ways of looking at craft.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The robotaxi market is becoming intensely competitive.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Armani was an intensely private man but had a longstanding personal relationship with his business partner, the architect, fashion designer and businessman Sergio Galeotti, who died of complications from AIDS in 1985.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Rather than competing intensely in a single season, males appear to play the long game, spreading their reproductive efforts over many years.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
Higher Revenues With Ads Investors are intensely focused on average revenue per membership.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
This response is most relevant for competitive athletes or people who are training intensely while under stress or sleep deprivation.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensely
Adverb
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Graham, in particular, has been on a war path over the negotiations, accusing Republicans of not fighting hard enough to reclaim the narrative on immigration after the death of Alex Pretti last weekend.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath hit back hard, telling Bass on X that the county created the new agency because the existing one — which is partly overseen by Bass appointees — was incapable of tracking its spending.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Where these winds coincide with heavy snow, blizzard conditions are possible, with near-zero visibility and extremely dangerous travel, particularly along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and into southeast Virginia.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Therefore, telling the story in graphic form on behalf of Ukrainians themselves, explaining the preconditions for Russia’s attempts to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as an ethnic group, became extremely relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This selective approach came after years of working intensively to support her two sons as a single mother.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Dec. 2025
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So important are Rubicon units that the Ukrainian security services are now intensively searching out their forward bases.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
22 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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San Dieguito’s Director of Teaching Learning and Education Brieahna Weatherford said getting to this point has been incredibly challenging, the culmination of two years of work.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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At liftoff, there’s this incredibly gorgeous orange glow that came out of the bottom of the launch pad.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Providing some respite from the violent mayhem are scenes in which Manafort stares intently at computer screens tracking what’s going on and the new MI6 chief (Ackie) barks orders at her underlings.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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Although contemporary education policy has focused intently on standardized tests, student and teacher tracking, and other accountability measures, the CIS study suggests that the United States could bolster achievement by providing more social support too.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Tucked in among all of the many things that Pep Guardiola has got off his chest about referees over the past couple of weeks was a very small detail that might explain an awful lot.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Yes, there's a very pretty swath of sand leading to the Atlantic Ocean, where lifeguards keep watch every day of the year.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Detectives are working diligently to solve this case.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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With its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2060, China is working diligently to move away from fossil fuels toward non-carbon-emitting energy sources.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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The problem being that Bungie has another game, Destiny 2, that players have invested in for a decade now, at Bungie is not being terribly forthcoming about what’s coming as of yet.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bart Layton made his feature debut in 2018 with American Animals, a great hybrid true-crime story that used doc techniques to tell the story of a supposedly victimless art heist that went terribly wrong.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Intensely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensely. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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