zealously

English

Etymology

From zealous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛləsli/

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Adverb

zealously (comparative more zealously, superlative most zealously)

1. Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.

   working zealously

   zealously defend someone

   zealously guarded

   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39:

     It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.

   • 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2012:

     Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.

Synonyms

• (with zealotry): eagerly, enthusiastically, heartily, with a will

Translations

with zealotry

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: նախանձախնդրորեն (hy) (naxanjaxndroren), եռանդագին (hy) (eṙandagin)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 熱心地 / 热心地 (jit⁶ sam¹ dei⁶)

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  Hakka: please add this translation if you can

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 熱心地 / 热心地 (zh) (rèxīn de), 狂熱地 / 狂热地 (zh) (kuángrè de)

  Wu: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: naijverig (nl)
• Finnish: intohimoisesti (fi)
• French: avec zèle, d'une manière zélée
• German: in eifriger Weise
• Hebrew: באדיקות (beadikút)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: zelantemente (it)
• Japanese: 熱狂的に (ja) (nekkyōteki ni)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Latin: ācriter (la), zēlanter
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: gorliwie (pl), entuzjastycznie (pl)
• Portuguese: zelosamente
• Romanian: zelos (ro), doritor (ro), cu zel
• Russian: рья́но (ru) (rʹjáno), пы́лко (ru) (pýlko), ре́вностно (ru) (révnostno)
• Sanskrit: सत्कृत्य (sa) (satkṛtya)
• Spanish: fervorosamente (es), celosamente
• Thai: อย่างขยันขันแข็ง (yàang kàyăn kăn kăeng)
• Vietnamese: hăng hái (vi), sốt sắng (vi)