intensively

adverb

as in hard
with great effort or determination labored intensively in order to get the film ready for its premiere

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Recent Examples of intensively All clubs have succession plans and Stuttgart’s Germany midfielder Angelo Stiller and Victor Froholdt of Porto, a Denmark international, are among the players to have been scouted intensively. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Claude cannot have or raise kids—intensively or otherwise—or possess any insight into yours or mine, or know what your kid wants for dinner. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 One big concern is that screens are intensively stimulating for young people because they are held up close and engage young viewers with things such as fast cuts and colors. — CNN Money, 4 June 2026 By the end of the seventeenth century, sassafras had become one of the primary exports of the early English colony of Jamestown, and the aromatic bark was harvested intensively for shipment to European markets. — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2026 Armed with subpoenas, the Secret Service and other agencies are intensively focusing on what might have caused the suspect to book a room at the Washington Hilton, less than two miles north of the White House, on the night of the annual dinner. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Artemis’ crew trained intensively with geologists and other scientists to be on the lookout for more prospective landing sites for future missions, craters and just interesting events or features. — Jennifer Levasseur, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2026 Perhaps 20 or more people work intensively with little direction. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensively
  1. hard
  2. intensely
  3. diligently
  4. intently
  5. continuously
  6. arduously
  7. assiduously
  8. strenuously
Adverb
  • Russia has clamped down hard on dissent since going to war in Ukraine in 2022.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Analysts note that agricultural commodities such as cocoa, coffee and wheat are expected to be among the asset classes hardest hit by heatwaves.
    — , CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hard
Adverb
  • Outside climate and fire scientists said the flash study made sense and reflects a world where hotter and drier conditions are making fires burn more often and more intensely.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There’s less conclusive evidence that microdosing works the same way by engaging the same neuro-receptors, but less intensely.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of intensely
Adverb
  • His only son was stricken with polio and sat in a dark old house all day long diligently engraving seals.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Infurna said sometimes the biggest thing an individual can do is simply reach out and diligently pursue connection.
    — Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of diligently
Adverb
  • Bazzi was holding it up with two fingers, studying the body intently.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kenzo had inclined his head over his invalid daughter and was staring at her intently.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of intently
Adverb
  • These Flock cameras, now deployed across the state, have also been used in a collaboration between the FWC and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to continuously pull up driver’s records and vehicle information.
    — Isabella Herrera, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • These in-between areas often contained a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses, and many appear to have changed continuously in the decades since the maps were drawn in 1960s.
    — Mahbubur Meenar, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of continuously
Adverb
  • After an arduously long winter, these narrow, modestly sized shops have been—with a suddenness and intensity that only TikTok and Instagram can foment—thronged.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The team sequenced the DNA of 38 different mosquitoes belonging to 11 species within the Leucosphyrus group, which had been arduously collected during fieldwork between 1992 and 2020 across Southeast Asia.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of arduously
Adverb
  • The Austrian Alpine Club bills itself as the country’s largest youth organization, with more than seven hundred thousand members—close to a tenth of the population—assiduously steered toward skiing, hiking, camping, climbing.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Zoo officials said Happy was assiduously cared for and had space for swimming, foraging and other natural behavior.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Definition of assiduously
Adverb
  • Fauci has strenuously denied those allegations, arguing the studies Paul cited did not constitute gain-of-function research under federal definitions, which Paul rejected.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • In an interview with CNN last week, the female staffer strenuously denied this.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of strenuously

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