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

She’s known as the Garden Sage and passionately shares her knowledge on resilient gardening with students and garden groups across the Midwest. —Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026

As Josh is being arrested, Lindsay hops over the police barrier and passionately kisses him goodbye. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

Parents came out to Monday night's school board meeting, passionately pleading with the board to find another option. —Beret Leone, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

Some of the most memorable gardens—the ones that make the heart sing—are the ones in which the homeowners have gone passionately out on a limb to realize a vision. —Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately