- to a high or extreme degree: Many ingredients are rolled into this intensely flavorful and very versatile curry paste.
- (said in reference to emotions or feelings) acutely, strongly, or vehemently: We should all be intensely angry about what is happening, and should do something besides just sitting at our computers absorbing information.I disliked the book intensely.
- earnestly or strenuously; in a highly engaged or involved way: The first time I watched the documentary, all I saw was these four people talking intensely about their music.
