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 feelings of sexual desire

They fell passionately in love.

Examples of passionately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hansen learned that others were passionately engaged in the same battle on behalf of their children. —Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025

Her haters loath her just as passionately as her fans love her. —Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025

At one point, Charlotte even catches Lily passionately smooching the young gent. —Julia Moore, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025

At the New Year’s dance, Dina and Ellie end up together, smooching passionately in the middle of the dance floor. —Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately