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Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-ten-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn sɪv



Definition of intensively

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from French intensif (14c.), from Latin intens-, past participle stem of intendere (see intend). As a noun, 1813, from the adjective. Alternative intensitive is a malformation. Intensive care attested from 1958. Related: Intensively.
  • adv completely
Example sentences :
  • Each of these movements is treated as intensively as time permits.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • This phase of study can scarcely be too intensively followed.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • Where others merely "boost," Cleveland "boosts" intensively.
  • Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street
  • Vineyards, on the other hand, can only be worked "intensively."
  • Extract from : « Round About the Carpathians » by Andrew F. Crosse
  • But the earlier part is gracious—a word specifically and intensively applicable to it.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • One man was assigned to each small subdivision of scientific endeavor, to study it intensively.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Before all it occurs when anything is dealt with intensively, increasing with the increase of the difficulty of the subject.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • It was only after the slides had become serious that the geological aspects of the subject were intensively considered.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • With Victor Hugo, generally more or less and intensively here, it was unfortunately different.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • It is doubtful whether the country as far east as the North Platte and south to the Yampa was intensively exploited.
  • Extract from : « Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society » by Robert F. Murphy

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