INTENSIVELY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Newsom, by contrast, may need to begin campaigning intensively after leaving office rather than wait for Harris’s decision. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 Whalers hunted bowheads intensively in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pushing them towards extinction. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working intensively to reduce their dependence on the strait, building pipelines and investing in storage facilities to transport their oil by other routes. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 Owning several cars, intensively studying both the new and used car markets and testing so many vehicles has taught me a lot about what makes a great automobile. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 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

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And even DeVonta Smith, who made his return from injury Sunday, landed hard in the fourth quarter and appeared to be shaken up.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
The Capricorn Moon squares the Sun in your sign, making private responsibilities or family dynamics harder to tune out.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hard

Adverb

Coordinating all of his department heads and units in prep allowed Vanselow to focus more intensely on performance during the actual shoot, which paid off not only in terms of Neeson’s work but that of the supporting cast.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Zaid’s home is bombed in one intensely melodramatic sequence that culminates in a slow zoom over Zaid cradling his dead wife and child.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of intensely

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Organizations like the American Library Association have diligently kept track of banning efforts.

— Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
On that day, Skoloda, Pasek, and others had diligently practiced constructing the Norwegian reeve, along with other rigging arrangements.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

The group listens intently as a symphony of airplanes, freeway traffic and the ploop!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Acuña was tended to for several minutes by the Braves trainer, with Weiss looking on intently, before heading straight to the home clubhouse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of intently

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Subjected to extreme cold, the sample was hit with a neutron beam and pulled apart continuously.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Potts continuously communicates with college and professional strength coaches to stay on the cutting-edge of the industry.

— PJ Green October 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of continuously

Adverb

Rudi Schreiner, a cofounder of the company, originally hoped to include El Banco but had to cut the town from the itinerary due to the Magdalena's arduously bendy approach to the riverside village.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of arduously

Adverb

Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of assiduously

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Regan, never a household name, has become less visible in the campaign after accusations of workplace misconduct that he’s strenuously denied.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Israel, which has refused to cooperate with the commission since it was established in 2021, has strenuously denied the accusations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

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