passionately
adverb
pas·sion·ate·ly
ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət-lē 
: in a passionate manner:
a
: with great feeling and emotional intensity
Walt never ceased to be passionately loyal to his home town …—
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan FranzenClyburn has argued passionately for lowering the prices of prison phone calls and extending broadband access to the poor.—Brian Fung
Brian FungHe is filled with the rhetoric of dissent. He is passionately against war and passionately for peace.—Leon Wieseltier
Leon Wieseltier
b
: with strong feelings of sexual desire
They fell passionately in love.
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—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
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—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Our readers' No. 2 Best Resort was The Inn on Biltmore Estate, which is no surprise given how passionately Southerners feel about this iconic property.
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
One tax professor has found archival records suggesting the benefit was created in part because of a mistake — but it has been passionately defended over the years by the National Stripper Well Association, which represents marginal well operators.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Our readers' No. 2 Best Resort was The Inn on Biltmore Estate, which is no surprise given how passionately Southerners feel about this iconic property.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Access To Capital Is One Of The Missing Pieces In Women’s Rise
Sarah Dusek, founder of Few & Far passionately believes that business can be a force for good and an active solution to systemic problems.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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