as in earnestly
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Recent Examples of ardently
The founders have become valuable trophies in the ongoing culture wars, ardently claimed by both sides.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Takaichi has ardently defended conservative family values.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Someone who understands their own core beliefs, values and mission—and sticks to them ardently.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
So my relationship with it had been more verbal and lyrical, and seeing a production that was so ardently about the physical experience of Hamlet… that really left a mark on me.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Góra works wonders in making Nel, who is on her home turf and facing the routines of daily life, a practical foil for the ardently impulsive voyager Bethany.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Takaichi has ardently defended conservative family values.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Someone who understands their own core beliefs, values and mission—and sticks to them ardently.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
So my relationship with it had been more verbal and lyrical, and seeing a production that was so ardently about the physical experience of Hamlet… that really left a mark on me.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Góra works wonders in making Nel, who is on her home turf and facing the routines of daily life, a practical foil for the ardently impulsive voyager Bethany.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ardently
Adverb
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Watts is playing everything earnestly, while Kardashian barely registers.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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But when Neon bought the film just before its world premiere — and later injected roughly $1 million into reshoots that don’t improve the story much — Stuckmann’s scrappy underdog became a mainstream Frankenstein’s monster some horror fans earnestly wanted to watch fail.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Kings are also a deep team, working conscientiously to pass the torch from the Kopitar/Doughty generation to Byfield, Brandt Clarke and beyond.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And if not corrected — if not taken very seriously by people who don’t seem to be taking it seriously — the ball could roll off the table.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
11 Nov. 2025
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That kind of move is an indication that the Nashville wing of the Recording Academy is taken seriously by toppers at the overall org, and that the Grammys’ leaders want to do right by country.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Geryon who is metaphorically and perhaps in reality a monster is infatuated with Herakles, but the internal world of Geryon is so thoroughly inspected.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Let the pan heat thoroughly, about three to five minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Út and his attorney dispute the findings of Knight’s team and steadfastly maintain that Út took the photo.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sliwa, the colorful founder of the Guardian Angels crime patrol group, has steadfastly refused calls to drop out from both Cuomo and his supporters.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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At the same time, the 62-year-old said that smaller, more intimate meetings should be treated attentively.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Consider Josie, who listened attentively to the call that her Wall Street career was only the beginning of her professional achievements.—
James Patterson,
Big Think,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The set decorators then exhaustively researched Americana interiors and detritus.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dodik had been sanctioned by the US for flouting the Dayton Peace Agreement, which was painstakingly thrashed out in Ohio in 1995 to end the Bosnian War.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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And their creators have painstakingly studied state laws to make sure their products are legal, even going to court to prove it.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Ardently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ardently. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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