passionately

adverb

pas·​sion·​ate·​ly ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət-lē How to pronounce passionately (audio)
: in a passionate manner:
a
: with great feeling and emotional intensity
Walt never ceased to be passionately loyal to his home town …— Jonathan Franzen
Clyburn has argued passionately for lowering the prices of prison phone calls and extending broadband access to the poor.— Brian Fung
He is filled with the rhetoric of dissent. He is passionately against war and passionately for peace.— Leon Wieseltier
b
: with strong feelings of sexual desire
They fell passionately in love.

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Witnessing Hoosiers standing in front of public officials speaking passionately about a topic even as their voice shakes always invigorates my passion for this job. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Aug. 2025 Whereas the Bitcoin boosters lecture passionately on the benefits of a decentralized financial system, taking up the mantle of an important grassroots movement, the memecoin speculators subscribe to a zero-sum logic of winners and suckers, mostly looking to outwit one another. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025 Our democracy thrives when citizens engage peacefully and passionately in the civic process, not through intimidation or violence. — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 That’s a testament to Berg’s filmmaking skill and to the legions of devoted Jeff Buckley fans, who feel passionately about the singer-songwriter’s music almost 30 years after his untimely passing. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passionately

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of passionately was in the 15th century

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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.

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