Intensively
Intensively adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: labored intensively in order to get the film ready for its premiere
Thoroughly is a synonym for intensively in limited topic. In some cases you can use "Thoroughly" instead an adverb "Intensively", when it comes to topics like completely.
Thoroughly
Thoroughly adverb - With attention to all aspects or details.
Usage example: they searched the grounds thoroughly for any sign of the intruder
Intensively is a synonym for thoroughly in limited topic. You can use "Intensively" instead an adverb "Thoroughly", if it concerns topics such as exhaustively, rigorously.
Nearby Words: thorough, thoroughness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- well and intensively
- well and thoroughly
- absolutely and intensively
- absolutely and thoroughly
- quite and intensively
- quite and thoroughly
- wholly and intensively
- wholly and thoroughly
- altogether and intensively
- altogether and thoroughly
- fully and intensively
- fully and thoroughly
- completely and intensively
- completely and thoroughly
Both words in one sentence
- In the third type, the so-called "reality game shows" (see Reality Show), participants are filmed intensively in an enclosed environment while competing to win a prize — thus they are game shows and discussed more thoroughly in that article.
Source: Reality TV
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