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 sexual and often romantic feeling
kissed passionately
They fell passionately in love.
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Her own husband, a right-wing Zionist who is the son of Moroccan Jews, disagreed passionately with her.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Lankester, Thoday and other top comedy executives aren’t the only ones passionately arguing for the TV Festival to stay put.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Visit Lake Tahoe shares the wonder of this iconic alpine lake with the world and works passionately to preserve its grandeur and good times for endless generations.
—Brian Higgins, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Lankester, Thoday and other top comedy executives aren’t the only ones passionately arguing for the TV Festival to stay put.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Visit Lake Tahoe shares the wonder of this iconic alpine lake with the world and works passionately to preserve its grandeur and good times for endless generations.
—Brian Higgins, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
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 5 Apr. 2026.
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