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

Mamdani, who was 9 years old in 2001, has spoken passionately about how the post-9/11 era helped to shape his life growing up in New York City. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

There are of course many viewers out there who’re passionately devoted to James Cameron’s Avatar thrill rides alongside the big blue people of Pandora. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

His work has a familiar history of being passionately embraced by critics and audiences before finding itself left off the final list. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Today, Ericka Parker is passionately paying it forward, helping other Oakland families pursue the opportunities that continue to change her own life. — Patricia Wells, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately