tensely

1. 1.

   in a tense manner

   “he sat down tensely”

Questions about tensely

What does tensely mean?

tensely means "in a tense manner".

How many syllables are in tensely?

tensely has 2 syllables: ten-sely. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnsli/.

Is tensely a common word?

tensely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tensely?

1 word rhymes with tensely. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.