ARDENTLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

ardently

adverb

Definition of ardently

as in earnestly

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Recent Examples of ardently While many Democrats have ardently defended transgender rights, particularly in California, others in the party have sided with Republicans or softened their support. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026 This money comes from corporations and the most wealthy Americans, both of whom ardently hate taxes. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 And there is a shocking dearth of evidence to the contrary, given how ardently Peters and her supporters have clung to this narrative for the past six years. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Some people ardently believe that AI and AI makers are being allowed to run amok. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Bassitt recently downplayed the shake-up at the players union and ardently defended the players’ stance against a salary cap. — Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026 Despite both the men’s and women’s teams ardently supporting each other throughout the tournament, the players took heat for their reaction in some circles. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ardently

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From the moment Errol Holden’s raps entered the public sphere in the early 2020s, listening to them has felt like hearing a stranger on the street earnestly tell you how the city has changed.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
His query was earnestly tackled by the engineers at the RAND Corporation, who, in 1955, published a book composed only of a series of unrelated numerals piled up in neat rows.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of earnestly

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One way in which Wounaan do so is conscientiously sharing and redistributing food, money, wisdom and the like to foster equity.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
By thinking locally, building conscientiously, and operationalizing sustainability in our deployment choices, AI users, companies, and developers can also help ensure that the infrastructure powering our future doesn’t cost us the earth.

— Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026

Definition of conscientiously

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Their unit at first takes its task so non-seriously that in Ep.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The revelation that Microsoft was holding back capacity — and in turn limiting Azure revenue — for a product that wasn't even seriously in the AI conversation, made the spending concerns even more understandable.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of seriously

Adverb

Moore plays Mona, a meek, thoroughly unseen wife and mother who impulsively decides to audition for a community theater musical despite having no experience.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
On that note, another common mistake is not rinsing hair conditioner thoroughly enough once you’re done.

— Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughly

Adverb

It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state.

— Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaustively

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The husband-and-wife duo painstakingly restored the home and opened it as a luxury bed-and-breakfast three years later.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
The Movistar Plus Original has been painstakingly researched, and is set in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of painstakingly

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