intensive

Adjective

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

• tending to give force or emphasis
  • an intensive adverb
    

• 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
    

Noun

• a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
  • `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
    
  • `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier