ardentlyadv.
In an ardent manner; with great eagerness or keen desire; passionately, earnestly, zealously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
ardently1340
burningly1340
firely1340
ferventlyc1374
warmly1529
fierily1600
glowinglya1625
incandescently1803
fervidly1847
tropically1896
Messianically1976
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
hotOE
ardently1340
firely1340
concupiscentlyc1450
zealously?1495
fierily1600
concupiscentially1627
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 Þet me etþ and dryngþ..oþer out of mesure, oþer to ardentliche.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. i. 20 Whom a man louyd so ardantly.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 586 Panthers ardently thirsting.
1786 E. Burke Speech 28 Apr. in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) XLI. 650/1 That the Rajah would ardently catch at the Objects presented to his Ambition.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 36 Ardently attached to this sport.
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