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fervently, adv.|ˈfɜːvəntlɪ|
[f. fervent a. + -ly.]
In a fervent manner.
†1. Burningly, intensely, severely. Obs.
1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii. 293 He myght not wel endure no whyle so feruently he was take. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 27 a, He that hath the jaundis so fervently and sore. 1627Hakewill Apol. ii. vii. §1. 110 It continued so feruently hot.
2. With warmth of feeling; ardently, earnestly, hotly, passionately. Now rare exc. in expressions of love, desire, prayer, etc.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 1356 The whiche frendes feruentliche hym preye To senden efter more. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxiii. 86 Chilperich heryng of the..takynge of his sone, was..more feruently amouyd. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 27 The king..pursued them more fervently then circumspectly. 1611Bible Col. iv. 12 Alwaies labouring feruently for you in praiers. 1749Fielding Tom Jones III. 94 Mrs. Fitzpatrick then renewed her proposal and very fervently recommended it. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 9 Most fervently do I love my God, my king. 1825T. Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. (1859) I. 83, I had fervently pressed the Treasury board to replenish this particular deposit. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre (1873) 3, I wished fervently he might not discover my hiding-place. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. (1875) III. xviii. 31 Henry..was fervently orthodox. |