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

At the end of the day, so many of us are just people who maybe feel passionately about something and want to contribute. —Aariana Rose Philip, Vogue, 4 May 2026

Jamie Lies, one of the remonstrators, spoke passionately against the plans. —Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026

Dozens of parents, teachers and community members spoke passionately, often aggressively during a public comment session Tuesday in support of keeping INA open. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026

How Taylor Swift wrote 'Elizabeth Taylor' In 2024, Swift was in the car with her boyfriend Travis Kelce, passionately explaining to him why Elizabeth Taylor fascinated her. —Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately