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.

Examples of passionately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fan videos captured Kelce passionately dancing to the pop star’s Reputation lead single with his friends and tens of thousands of other Swifties at National Stadium, rocking from side to side while singing along to the lyrics. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024 Knowing that many feel passionately about the brand, particularly after Westwood’s death, the show on Saturday appeared to touch a nerve. Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 Aggressive Mars moves into dogmatic Aquarius at 1:05 am EST, arming us to passionately defend our viewpoints. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024 This new position is going to give you a chance to set yourself free and start to live more passionately. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024 The Broncos — who are passionately supported, and partly owned by News Corp. chairman Lachlan Murdoch — will be looking to go one better this season and wrestle the title back from Penrith. Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 An entire musical number (set as a dream in her Bronx hometown) features Lopez ballading alongside the child actor playing her disgruntled, distressingly unwashed younger self, both of them passionately mouthing the lyrics to the unremarkable title song. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024 Shortly after, a smooth baritone voice passionately belts out about chicken wings from the phone. Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2024 That painful revelation is fuel that helps him passionately to close the racial wealth gap, specifically by helping Black families reach their goal of homeownership. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 28 Mar. 2024.

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