Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a passionate manner, in any sense of that word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.
  • adverb Angrily; irascibly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a passionate manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with passion
  • adverb in a stormy or violent manner

Etymologies

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passionate +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • When she takes responsibility for her actions, lives passionately, is kind to others, and accepts that people are different and how wonderful that is.

    What Makes Marla a Happy Healthy Hip Parent « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2008

  • Conlon spoke passionately from the stage about these works and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm.

    In Recovery 2007

  • Conlon spoke passionately from the stage about these works and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • He redoubles the word passionately, emphatically, to call to mind who he is with whom in this condition we have to do: "` I, even I, '-- who am God, and not man; I, -- whose thoughts are not as your thoughts; I, -- who am great in mercy, and who will abundantly pardon; -- I will do it."

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • "_Jim, where are you_?" she called passionately, as she beat Keenan impotently back with her naked hands.

    Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912

  • This call passionately denounced Mr. Lincoln by implication as prostituting his position to perpetuate his own power; it virulently assailed the Baltimore

    Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 James Gillespie Blaine 1861

  • But thats OK, because ultimately, what Murray does well, is paint a wonderful picture, not of a perfect man, or even a great man, but of a man who gave his life in service to God; who loved God and his word passionately; and who stood up for God's truth publically.

    cultureshock 2008

  • But thats OK, because ultimately, what Murray does well, is paint a wonderful picture, not of a perfect man, or even a great man, but of a man who gave his life in service to God; who loved God and his word passionately; and who stood up for God's truth publically.

    cultureshock 2008

  • “I couldn’t believe I was watching Cindy McCain passionately kissing and hugging another man!” says a spywitness, who claims to have spotted the 54-year-old wife of Senator McCain slobbing down a long-haired man with a striking resemblance to “a washed-up ’80s rock musician.”

    Cindy McCain “The View” Reaction: “They Picked Our Bones Clean!” 2008

  • “I couldn’t believe I was watching Cindy McCain passionately kissing and hugging another man!”

    Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Cindy McCain Cheating John McCain - Photo 2008

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