passionately

adverb

pas·sion·ate·ly ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət-lē

: in a passionate manner:

: 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

: with strong feelings of sexual desire

They fell passionately in love.

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Education and community engagement appear to be two areas of unique strength for Shelley, who even in a brief interview spoke passionately and persuasively about the power of music. —

Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024 Inspired by his late father, Irwin, along with his sister Bindi Irwin, 26, and the rest of their family, passionately support their animal conservation foundation, Wildlife Warriors, and work to protect endangered species through Australia Zoo. —

Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 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 Nov. 2024 Few support policies that drive business and innovation as passionately as venture capitalists. —

Gayle Jennings, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passionately