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passionately en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpæʃənətli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English passionate Middle English -ly English -ly English passionately From passionate + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a passionate manner.
   • “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.[…]” 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
   • 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • Was the sorrow at Mrs. Inglethorp’s death so great? I realized that there was an emotional lack in the atmosphere. The dead woman had not the gift of commanding love. Her death was a shock and a distress, but she would not be passionately regretted. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 36:

Forms

Translations (16)

enm paramour (in a passionate manner) · it appassionatamente (in a passionate manner) · sk vášnivo (in a passionate manner) · hu szenvedélyesen (in a passionate manner) · pt apaixonadamente (in a passionate manner) · cs vášnivě (in a passionate manner) · fr passionnément (in a passionate manner) · eo pasie (in a passionate manner) · ru горячо́ (in a passionate manner) · ca apassionadament (in a passionate manner) · ru стра́стно (in a passionate manner) · hu hevesen (in a passionate manner) · de leidenschaftlich (in a passionate manner) · enm lovely (in a passionate manner) · es apasionadamente (in a passionate manner) · fi intohimoisesti (in a passionate manner)