passionately

adverb

pas·​sion·​ate·​ly ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət-lē How to pronounce passionately (audio)
: 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.

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The members of the committee, Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and council members Victoria Parks, Scotty Johnson and Anna Albi spoke passionately about wanting to make sure people are protected. Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025 Some of the most powerful voices came from the students themselves, who spoke passionately of the impact that teachers and staff had on their lives. Jay Steiger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025 Brunson rejected that notion after Game 6, passionately defending Thibodeau and brushing off the idea a coaching change was the solution. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025 The images have a poise, a calm, a precision that, from the contemplative safety of the stands, is all the more passionately attentive to the danger that Roca, his team, and, for that matter, the bulls confront. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for passionately

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of passionately was in the 15th century

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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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