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

That decision was met with apprehension from many in the Lake Worth community who spoke at meetings to passionately defended Ramirez and said real progress had occurred under his leadership. — Samuel O’Neal 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

From the sounds of it, Jarvaise wasn’t too concerned with the trappings of fame, much less fortune, and was instead passionately dedicated to his art practice and teaching in and around Los Angeles. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Fans passionately defended Hardy on social media, and even declared that the series might as well end if Hardy isn't involved, considering how his simmering performance was the standout element of season 1. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

Will Ferrell speaks passionately at the ceremony honoring Molly Shannon on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 22. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately