dense
— Adjective
– English
~ having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
dense
— Adjective
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~ hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
dense
— Adjective
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~ slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
dense
— Adjective
– English
~ permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
densely
— Adverb
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~ in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area"
densely
— Adverb
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~ in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone"