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
Jonathan FranzenClyburn has argued passionately for lowering the prices of prison phone calls and extending broadband access to the poor.—Brian Fung
Brian FungHe is filled with the rhetoric of dissent. He is passionately against war and passionately for peace.—Leon Wieseltier
Leon Wieseltier
b
: with strong feelings of sexual desire
They fell passionately in love.
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Almost too passionately anguished, Austen is a sonnet played on the fortepiano, while Winslet is Liszt banged out on a Steinway.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
The series follows Belly, a girl caught in a love triangle between two brothers, as fans have passionately picked sides in the romance.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
Leguizamo passionately defended undocumented and legal immigrants as essential to the nation’s infrastructure, from food production and child care to healthcare and construction.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025
And that was so kind of President Obama to passionately go out & campaign.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2025
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
The series follows Belly, a girl caught in a love triangle between two brothers, as fans have passionately picked sides in the romance.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
Leguizamo passionately defended undocumented and legal immigrants as essential to the nation’s infrastructure, from food production and child care to healthcare and construction.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025
And that was so kind of President Obama to passionately go out & campaign.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for passionately
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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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