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Definition of densely in English: denselyadverb ˈdɛnsliˈdɛnsli 1In a closely compacted or crowded manner; thickly. a densely populated country the best way to keep weeds at bay is to plant densely Example sentencesExamples - Fertilizer in irrigation runoff has caused the normally small cattail patches to spread densely over thousands of acres.
- Tybee has been densely developed in single-family residences and condominium units.
- Studies in Costa Rica showed that screwworm flies prefer thick, densely forested areas to open pastures.
- The paintings feature window-like vistas of the ocean that relieve the densely decorated foregrounds.
- Nutrients enrich the water and some groups of microscopic algae begin to grow densely, or "bloom."
- Schuster's study of Albrecht Durer's Melencolia weighed in at 838 densely printed pages.
- Moss and ivy grew densely between each block, so that one might be standing very close to a foundation, and yet not recognise it in the least.
- The site of the house is spread across the crest and western slope of a high ridge densely covered in beech woods.
- Today the concept of a pedestrian-friendly, densely built community of wood-frame cottages hardly seems avant-garde.
- An antique television polished to a high gleam was covered densely with dust.
2In a manner that is hard to understand because of its complexity. densely plotted historical fiction Example sentencesExamples - Densely argued and beautifully written, this play reminds us that remaining human in the face of totalitarian oppression is a triumph that cannot be snatched away.
- The motives of characters, which are part of James's expressive form, whether they become known or remain densely mysterious, are luminously present on the surface of the art.
- Few shortcuts are taken with the material, leaving densely convoluted plots.
- All three will require densely complicated policy solutions and deep shifts in economic thinking.
- My rationale was, if you can enunciate densely rhymed verse, and understand the syntax, you can speak the language.
- The language's highly flexible syntax and concise regular expression operators, make densely written PERL code indecipherable to the uninitiated.
- The French consume densely intellectual tomes with the fervour that we read Jackie Collins.
- They tried to discuss this directly with the church, sending densely argued letters to bishops and priests.
- He's known for writing densely complex, virtually un-filmable screenplays.
- Its 237 pages of text are as densely packed with insight and information as they are, sometimes, densely written.
3informal In a stupid manner. staff can be surly should they decide a customer is behaving densely as submodifier he is densely ignorant and primitive Example sentencesExamples - She looked densely at you, she didn't even see me, and didn't ask us one question.
- Your ability to group people and label them as column a or column b astounds me, you must be an amazing racist or densely daft.
- The plot is paper-thin, the script is awful, and the acting densely wooden.
- Kurtz is being densely literal-minded.
- They give you an injection, it puts you into a densely dopey state for 5 minutes, then you wake up.
- The horse is a densely stupid animal.
Definition of densely in US English: denselyadverbˈdɛnsliˈdenslē 1In a closely compacted or crowded manner; thickly. a densely populated country the best way to keep weeds at bay is to plant densely Example sentencesExamples - Moss and ivy grew densely between each block, so that one might be standing very close to a foundation, and yet not recognise it in the least.
- An antique television polished to a high gleam was covered densely with dust.
- The site of the house is spread across the crest and western slope of a high ridge densely covered in beech woods.
- Tybee has been densely developed in single-family residences and condominium units.
- Schuster's study of Albrecht Durer's Melencolia weighed in at 838 densely printed pages.
- Studies in Costa Rica showed that screwworm flies prefer thick, densely forested areas to open pastures.
- Nutrients enrich the water and some groups of microscopic algae begin to grow densely, or "bloom."
- The paintings feature window-like vistas of the ocean that relieve the densely decorated foregrounds.
- Fertilizer in irrigation runoff has caused the normally small cattail patches to spread densely over thousands of acres.
- Today the concept of a pedestrian-friendly, densely built community of wood-frame cottages hardly seems avant-garde.
2In a manner that is hard to understand because of its complexity. densely plotted historical fiction Example sentencesExamples - The language's highly flexible syntax and concise regular expression operators, make densely written PERL code indecipherable to the uninitiated.
- The French consume densely intellectual tomes with the fervour that we read Jackie Collins.
- Densely argued and beautifully written, this play reminds us that remaining human in the face of totalitarian oppression is a triumph that cannot be snatched away.
- My rationale was, if you can enunciate densely rhymed verse, and understand the syntax, you can speak the language.
- They tried to discuss this directly with the church, sending densely argued letters to bishops and priests.
- The motives of characters, which are part of James's expressive form, whether they become known or remain densely mysterious, are luminously present on the surface of the art.
- All three will require densely complicated policy solutions and deep shifts in economic thinking.
- Its 237 pages of text are as densely packed with insight and information as they are, sometimes, densely written.
- Few shortcuts are taken with the material, leaving densely convoluted plots.
- He's known for writing densely complex, virtually un-filmable screenplays.
3informal In a stupid manner. staff can be surly should they decide a customer is behaving densely as submodifier he is densely ignorant and primitive Example sentencesExamples - Your ability to group people and label them as column a or column b astounds me, you must be an amazing racist or densely daft.
- She looked densely at you, she didn't even see me, and didn't ask us one question.
- The horse is a densely stupid animal.
- Kurtz is being densely literal-minded.
- The plot is paper-thin, the script is awful, and the acting densely wooden.
- They give you an injection, it puts you into a densely dopey state for 5 minutes, then you wake up.
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