English → Latin
“intensely” in Latin
valdēvery, very much, exceedingly; strongly, vigorously, intenselygravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorouscontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundperdōto destroy, ruin, wreck; to waste, squander; to have no more, to be deprived ofexcruciōto torment greatly, torture, rack, plague; afflict, distress, harass, vex; to force out by torturing, extort
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intensely
valde: graviter: acriter: contente. To love intensely, perdite or misere amare: to desire anything intensely, cupere aliquid ardenter; alicujus rei desiderio flagrare, excruciari: to dislike anything intensely, aliquid vehementer displicet: to hate anybody intensely, odisse aliquem acerbe et penitus: more intensely, ardentiore studio (e.g., petere aliquid).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intensely?
- The usual Latin words for “intensely” are valdē, gravis, ācer; also contineō, perdō, excruciō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.