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

And so the war trudged on — thousands of miles away, but passionately waged in L.A.’s hearts and minds. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024

During the show, the Material Girl, 65, spoke passionately about those affected by the tragedy, which killed 49 innocent people. —Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024

Waving light-up glow sticks, fans passionately — and loudly — sang along, from the pit to the upper rafters of the venue. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024

Though Milo is still and calm even in movement, her conviction comes through clearly and passionately. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 17 Mar. 2024

Psaki, for her part, passionately called out those who compared her to McDaniel. —Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024

This new position is going to give you a chance to set yourself free and start to live more passionately. —Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2024

The hitmaker passionately sings two verses of the Midnights track’s chorus at the piano in the video. —Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024

Love Others, Speak Less, Kiss More In the EP’s standout title track, Liu Lian beautifully captures the essence of love and longing: using our bodies to embrace, kiss and love passionately. —Billboard China, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above