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

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 sexual and often romantic feeling

kissed passionately

They fell passionately in love.

Examples of passionately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lovers of rom-coms will argue fiercely and passionately about their favorite. — Ruchira Sharma, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026

Tate and the rest of the artists here can teach us to listen, to slow down, to look with our whole hearts out and to create in the same way, fully and passionately. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

For decades, our industry has spoken passionately about prevention while continuing to derive much of its revenue from the treatment of preventable disease. — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026

Devoted fanbases passionately support club and national soccer teams, just like big-time college football programs. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately