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

The dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, correctly and passionately condemned the decision. —Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025

Kraus seems passionately interested in what other people are up to. —Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

Bisbal passionately sang to him as a teary-eyed Raphael smiled and sang along. —Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025

Spirited, political, and deeply kind individuals, the Christos were passionately devoted to their artistic vision. —Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately