Translation of intensively

Hi Eleanor! 

Thank you very much for pointing this out, it has been flagged to our team for review, as both are correct.

To give you some etymological context on these two words, "intensément" and "intensivement" both derive from the adjective "intense" (from the latin root "intensus") which was used in French at first. It's only later when the language evolved and refined that the adjective "intensif" started to be used (from the latin root "intensivus"), and "intensivement" derives from this. So while there are nuances, these two words are generally interchangeable in contemporary French. Often, the use of either "intensément" or "intensivement" is down to the writer or speaker's intention.

 

Here is the nuance for more context -

Intense, intensément: conveys the notion of something reaching an extreme level. Commonly used when speaking or writing about activities, states, and varied phenomenons. This is the adjectives that covers the widest spectrum of situations out of the two.

 

Intensif, intensivement: contains a notion of an improvement on future results. Mostly used when speaking or writing about activities, actions, efforts. It has a notion of physicality inherently attached to it. 

 

These sorts of subtleties are hard to grasp at first when learning a new language, especially as languages are organic and constantly evolving, so I hope this explanation helps! 

 

Happy Kwizzing!