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passionately, adv.|ˈpæʃənətlɪ| [f. passionate a. + -ly2.] In a passionate manner. 1. With passion or intensity of feeling; enthusiastically, ardently; † zealously, with zealous attachment (obs.).
1590Greene Never too late (1600) 18 As I begun passionately, I breake off abruptly. 1624Dk. Buckhm. in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 180 Being pasionatelie in love. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 111 David was so passionately moved for Absalom. 1711Steele Spect. No. 168 ⁋5 Many a..Hand, which the fond Mother has passionately kissed. 1801Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 135 Passionately fond of conversation. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 139. †2. With sorrowful emotion, sadly. Obs.
1599Massinger, etc. Old Law iii. i. Wks. (Rtldg.) 426/2 Gnoth. Oh, wife, wife! Aga. What ail you, man, you speak so passionately? Gnoth. 'Tis for thy sake, sweet wife. 3. With angry feeling, wrathfully; with heat.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 334 They saved some..but those our Boats took up resented our dealing so passionately as they seem'd more willing to be drown'd. 1692Locke Educ. §67 They lay the Blame on the poor little Ones, sometimes passionately enough. a1901Besant Five Years' Tryst (1902) 41 ‘Man! I must be paid for the risks I run!’ He spoke passionately. He raised his voice. |