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

The film has been making headlines for quite some time as Chalamet and Paltrow were photographed passionately kissing while filming a scene for the movie last year. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025

In the legendary revelation scene, Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu (Matthew Lillard) passionately cling to each other, with Stu practically nibbling on Billy’s ear. —Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025

Westmoreland passionately defended her client as a generous businessman and cultural inspiration. —Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025

The two were caught passionately making out at the 2019 ACM Awards by the CBS cameras. —Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately