intensifier

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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
• Syn:
intensive
• Derivationally related forms:
intensify
• Members of this Usage Domain:
living, every last, well, bloody, damn,
all-fired, mighty, mightily, 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
• Hypernyms:
modifier, qualifier