# intensely

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ɪnˈtɛnsli/ · frequency rank #14,572

## Definitions
1. In an intense manner.
2. To an intense degree, extremely.

## Etymology
From intense + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **intently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-intently)
- **intensity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-intensity)
- **intensify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-intensify)
- **inversely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-inversely)
- **intensively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intensely-vs-intensively)
- **intense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intense-vs-intensely)
- **immensely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/immensely-vs-intensely)

## Common misspellings (14)
`inetnsely`, `inntensely`, `intenesly`, `intennsely`, `intenselly`, `intenselyy`, `intenseyl`, `intensley`, `intenssely`, `intesnely`, `intnesely`, `inttensely`, `itnensely`, `nitensely`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intensely