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

Vance, a Republican, has spent years passionately advocating for Americans to have more children. —Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026

In her car, Jessica Gabriel’s Lady is an avid listener of DJ Revolution, a fictional radio DJ who lectures passionately about the struggles of modern-day life in Nigeria. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026

So the politicians who passionately felt that in no way, shape or form should public coffers be used to help the Bears — who actually are prepared to pay the full cost of a new stadium — are now in hummina-hummina mode. —Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026

Dozens of speakers passionately defended Ramirez and suggested replacing him would be a mistake. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for passionately

• compassionately
• dispassionately