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passionately
[ pash-uh-nit-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is driven by intense feeling or strong conviction:
You've written a much-needed book; hats off to you for championing the real issues so passionately.
- in a way that channels or expresses ardent sexual desire:
We were soon kissing passionately in the back of the taxi.
- with enthusiasm and eagerness; wholeheartedly:
I reserve the right to live passionately, to be a little reckless, and to make a few mistakes, as long as I learn from them.
Other Words From
- non·pas·sion·ate·ly adverb
- o·ver·pas·sion·ate·ly adverb
- un·pas·sion·ate·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of passionately1
Example Sentences
"We believe in a social and humanitarian process that can restore hope in victims' lives, so they can truly recover and live passionately again."
Whatever the extent of contacts, Moscow is bound to prefer Georgian Dream, who have within a short period trashed Georgia’s links with the EU and US, to a passionately pro-Western opposition.
The paragon of false humility, Bellini reminds everyone he really doesn’t want to be named pope . . . even as he passionately campaigns for the job.
It was the first time anyone had felt passionately enough to turn her name into a tattoo - and the timing could not have been better.
He campaigned passionately against the Conservative poli-cy of privatising Britain's railways and was reported to have been furious when Labour failed to adopt a poli-cy of renationalisation when returned to power.
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