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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Clark and Reese have one of the hottest rivalries in women's sports at the moment, as their respective fan bases have been passionately opposed to each other for over a year.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
In retrospect, the film seems arguably one of his least Lynchian works, and yet his empathetic sensibility and his instinct for passionately tactile images combined to create a masterwork of historical reconstruction.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Readers passionately shared their thoughts, frustrations, and personal experiences, sparking a crucial conversation about what quiet quitting really means for employees and organizations.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
In the first part of the sequence, seen from Elwood’s perspective, Turner is shocked by how passionately Elwood gobbles up the cafeteria food.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
In retrospect, the film seems arguably one of his least Lynchian works, and yet his empathetic sensibility and his instinct for passionately tactile images combined to create a masterwork of historical reconstruction.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Readers passionately shared their thoughts, frustrations, and personal experiences, sparking a crucial conversation about what quiet quitting really means for employees and organizations.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
In the first part of the sequence, seen from Elwood’s perspective, Turner is shocked by how passionately Elwood gobbles up the cafeteria food.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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