Does とみに here mean intensely?


> サトルは正義感がとみに強い男ではあるが、それをいいことに利用しようとすりよる輩も存在していた。

The 広辞苑 dictionary lists とみに to have the meaning of しきりに :

> しきりに。「老眼が―進んだ」「国運―衰える」

which on of its meanings is "intensely".so, does とみに here means intensely ?




First note that
[しきりに](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E9%A0%BB%E3%82%8A%E3%81%AB/#je-30830)
means _very often_ , _many times in a short time_.

I think your interpret the writer's intention correctly. That is, it means
_intensely_ or more simply _particularly, notably_.

That said, it seems a wrong use of とみに.

I checked several dictionaries and all of them say とみに means 急に、にわかに =
_suddenly_ ([精選版日本国語大辞典](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A0%93-584822),
[大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E9%A0%93%E3%81%AB_%28%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AB%29/#jn-160218),
I checked 明鏡 and 学研現代国語辞典 as well.)

As mentioned [here](https://salon.mainichi-
kotoba.jp/archives/3008#%E9%A0%93%E3%81%AB), for example, using とみに as
_particularly_ is a common misuse. (This means you'd never get to the true
meaning by dictionary though some dictionaries may mention very common
misuses.)

> 「最近とみに暑くなってきた」ならともかく「今年はとみに暑かった」は誤用といえる。「特に」の意味と間違って使っていると思われるケースが近ごろとみに目につく

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I checked 広辞苑 and as you say, it lists しきりに as the second item. It's just a
mystery to me. Both examples you wrote should be understood as 急に.

