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intensely

adv
/ɪnˈtɛnsli/

Etymology

From intense + -ly.

  1. derived from *tend-✻ — “to extend, stretch”
  2. derived from intēnsus — “strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”
  3. derived from intense
  4. inherited from intens
  5. formed as intensely — “intense + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an intense manner.

    • He pursued his studies intensely.

  2. To an intense degree, extremely.

    • An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intensely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at intensely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at intensely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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