intensely
/ɪnˈtensli/adverb
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अत्यंत, तीव्रता से, बहुत ज़्यादा
Core word
- 1
to a very strong or extreme degree
अत्यंत, तीव्रता से, बहुत ज़्यादा
- She disliked the noise intensely.
- Radhika was intensely proud of her brother.
- The sun burned intensely at noon.
+ 4 more examples
- He was intensely curious about the machine.
- The two teams intensely disliked playing each other.
- The heat was felt intensely in the packed hall.
- She felt intensely happy after the news.
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with great concentration or seriousness
गहरी एकाग्रता से
- He studied intensely for months.
- The students listened intensely to the speech.
- The chess players concentrated intensely on the board.
+ 2 more examples
- Radhika worked intensely on her project all evening.
- They debated intensely for over an hour.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
intensely + adjective
It strengthens an adjective of feeling or quality: intensely proud, intensely cold.
यह भावना या गुण वाले adjective को प्रबल बनाता है: intensely proud, intensely cold।
- The village is intensely cold in January.
- He was intensely proud of his daughter.
verb + intensely
After a verb it means with great force or concentration.
Verb के बाद इसका अर्थ है अत्यधिक बल या एकाग्रता से।
- Radhika studied intensely for two months.
- The two teams competed intensely.
intensely + past participle
It is common before participles describing strong feeling.
प्रबल भावना बताने वाले participles से पहले यह आम है।
- The leader was intensely disliked by the opposition.
intensely vs intently
Intensely describes the strength of feeling or effort; intently describes focused attention.
'Intensely' भावना या प्रयास की प्रबलता बताता है; 'intently' केंद्रित ध्यान बताता है।
- She listened intently, and she felt intensely moved.
intensely + emotion verbs
It goes before or after verbs like dislike, love, hate, desire.
यह dislike, love, hate, desire जैसी क्रियाओं के पहले या बाद में आता है।
- She intensely disliked the loud music.
+Collocations 4
intensely + adjective
competitivepersonalprivateemotionalpainful
- The race for admission is intensely competitive.
intensely + feeling adjective
proudjealouscuriousloyaldislike
- She was intensely curious about the result.
verb + intensely
studytrainfeeldislikefocus
- Athletes train intensely before the national games.
intensely + past participle
dislikedmovedcriticiseddebated
- The budget was intensely debated in the House.
“More examples 6
- Radhika felt intensely nervous before the interview.
इंटरव्यू से पहले राधिका बहुत ही घबराई हुई थी।
- The competition for government jobs is intensely fierce.
सरकारी नौकरियों के लिए प्रतियोगिता अत्यंत कड़ी है।
- He disliked the noise intensely.
उसे शोर से तीव्र नापसंदगी थी।
- The sun burned intensely over the Rajasthan desert.
राजस्थान के रेगिस्तान पर सूरज तीव्रता से तप रहा था।
- The two parties intensely debated the new law.
दोनों दलों ने नए क़ानून पर ज़ोरदार बहस की।
- The monsoon heat felt intensely oppressive in the crowded train.
भीड़ वाली ट्रेन में मानसूनी गर्मी अत्यंत दमघोंटू लगी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She is intensely a hard worker.
✓ She is an intensely hard worker.
The adverb must come directly before the adjective it modifies.
Adverb को उस adjective के ठीक पहले रखना चाहिए जिसे वह modify करता है।
✗ The weather was intensely hotly.
✓ The weather was intensely hot.
After be, use an adjective; do not add an adverb ending to hot.
'Be' के बाद adjective आता है; hot में adverb वाला अंत न जोड़ें।