tending to give force or emphasis; an intensive adverb'

of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; intensive agriculture; intensive conditions'

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; `up in `finished up is an intensifier; `honestly in `I honestly dont know is an intensifier

[ Syn: intensifier ]

characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; the questioning was intensive; intensive care; research-intensive; a labor-intensive industry'