passionately

English

Etymology

passionate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæʃənətli/

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• Hyphenation: pas‧sion‧ate‧ly

Adverb

passionately (comparative more passionately, superlative most passionately)

1. In a passionate manner.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace‎^[1]:

     “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”

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     And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

Translations

in a passionate manner

• Catalan: apassionadament (ca)
• Finnish: intohimoisesti (fi)
• French: passionnément (fr)
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• German: leidenschaftlich (de)
• Russian: стра́стно (ru) (strástno), горячо́ (ru) (gorjačó)
• Slovak: vášnivo
• Spanish: apasionadamente (es)