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tensely

/ˈtɛnsli/

tensely adverb: in a tense manner.

Adverb

tensely (comparative more tensely, superlative most tensely)

  1. In a tense manner.
    • He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 61

tensely meaning in Malayalam

tensely in Malayalam

മുറുകെ, മുറുക്കിയ നിലയിൽ

Forms of tensely

comparativemore tensely
superlativemost tensely

Origin of tensely

From tense + -ly.

Questions about tensely

What does tensely mean?
Tensely means in a tense manner.
What is tensely in Malayalam?
Tensely in Malayalam is മുറുകെ, മുറുക്കിയ നിലയിൽ. See Tensely meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is tensely?
Tensely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tensely?
Tensely is pronounced /ˈtɛnsli/.

Words near tensely in the dictionary

  1. tensegritive
  2. tensegrity
  3. tenseless
  4. tenselessly
  5. tenselessness
  6. tensely
  7. tensen
  8. tensened
  9. tenseness
  10. tensenesses
  11. tensening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tensely (page history and authors); tensely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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