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intencely

intencely is the obsolete form of intensely.

Meaning of intensely

Adverb

intensely (comparative more intensely, superlative most intensely)

  1. In an intense manner.
    • He pursued his studies intensely.
    Synonyms:
    hot
  2. To an intense degree, extremely.
    • An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.

Forms of intencely

comparativemore intencely
superlativemost intencely

Origin of intencely

From intence + -ly.

Questions about intencely

What is intencely the obsolete form of?
Intencely is the obsolete form of intensely.

Words near intencely in the dictionary

  1. intempestively
  2. intempestivity
  3. intemporal
  4. intenable
  5. intence
  6. intencely
  7. intend
  8. intendable
  9. intendance
  10. intendances
  11. intendancies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intencely (page history and authors); intensely (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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