passionately

adverb

pas·​sion·​ate·​ly ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət-lē How to pronounce passionately (audio)
: in a passionate manner:
a
: with great feeling and emotional intensity
Walt never ceased to be passionately loyal to his home town …—Jonathan Franzen
Clyburn has argued passionately for lowering the prices of prison phone calls and extending broadband access to the poor.—Brian Fung
He is filled with the rhetoric of dissent. He is passionately against war and passionately for peace.—Leon Wieseltier
b
: with strong sexual and often romantic feeling
kissed passionately
They fell passionately in love.

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The original owners were vaudevillians who had a mind-reading act and were passionately into the occult. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 There is something so special about getting to be part of a brand that people love so dearly and passionately. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 Or, to put it in a way Greenberg and his acolytes believe, passionately, Jensen is playing a game of Lazy Susan. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 Argue vigorously, passionately, and with the courage of your convictions. — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passionately

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of passionately was in the 15th century

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“Passionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passionately. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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