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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The two friends decided to kiss, passionately, before being doused with a bucket of ice.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Since at least the mid-2000s, birding groups have been passionately debating how best to preserve an animal’s tranquility, Kaehrle told me.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Martel speaks passionately about using her camera to not only highlight the voices of Argentina’s indigenous community, but also provide them with the power to create their own reality.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
This was not a hoax, exactly; Baron makes a convincing case that Lowell believed passionately in his grandiose claims, and that many members of the public wanted to believe in them, at a time of disorienting change.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Since at least the mid-2000s, birding groups have been passionately debating how best to preserve an animal’s tranquility, Kaehrle told me.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Martel speaks passionately about using her camera to not only highlight the voices of Argentina’s indigenous community, but also provide them with the power to create their own reality.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
This was not a hoax, exactly; Baron makes a convincing case that Lowell believed passionately in his grandiose claims, and that many members of the public wanted to believe in them, at a time of disorienting change.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for passionately
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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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