intensifier

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intensifier > noun, communication
Meaning	A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
Examples	"`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
Synonyms	intensive
Usage of	living; every last; well; bloody, damn, all-fired; mighty, powerful, right; in truth, really, truly; madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly; downright; literally; most; infernally, hellishly; so; such; positively; wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously, superbly, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically, marvelously; ever, ever so; just, simply; honestly, candidly, frankly; goddam, goddamn, goddamned; precious, preciously
Broader	modifier, qualifier
Adjectives	intensive
Verbs	intensify