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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Ahead of the awards dinner, Kidman joined Variety’s Angelique Jackson for a Kering Woman in Motion talk in which the Oscar winner spoke passionately about her commitment to uplifting female directors.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2025
In a now-trending clip, viewed over 1.5 million times, Emily Landon, 23, from Dallas, passionately expressed her sympathy for future brides—and their bank accounts.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
There are ways to get involved and passionately advocate for your mission without embracing the rancor and extreme partisanship many leaders rightly try to avoid.
—Jerry Haag, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Best-selling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas.
—Anita Snow, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2025
In a now-trending clip, viewed over 1.5 million times, Emily Landon, 23, from Dallas, passionately expressed her sympathy for future brides—and their bank accounts.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
There are ways to get involved and passionately advocate for your mission without embracing the rancor and extreme partisanship many leaders rightly try to avoid.
—Jerry Haag, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Best-selling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas.
—Anita Snow, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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