Adjective

(en-adj)

Strained; tightly drawn.

Strict, very close or earnest.

Extreme in degree; excessive.

Extreme in size or strength.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}

Stressful and tiring.

Very severe.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Huge, gigantic, very large.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}

Supremely good.