单词 | fervently |
释义 | fervently (once / 1393 pages) adv If you fervently believe or feel something, then you believe or feel it strongly — with a lot of passion. People feel fervently about a lot of things. A sports fan may be fervently supportive of a football or basketball team and go to every game. Many religious people fervently believe in a god. If you're extremely self-confident, you might fervently believe in yourself. This word means a lot of passion is present. If you feel blah about something, or you just like it a little, you don't fervently believe in it. WORD FAMILYfervent: fervency, ferventer, fervently+/fervency: fervencies USAGE EXAMPLESEastern time believed fervently in filibusters and limited government. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Perhaps there will be a desire by previously unmotivated players to run a little harder, but Allardyce shouldn’t be judged too fervently on today’s performance. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Still, he finds himself fervently hoping Trump will reopen the coal fields and invest in technology to diminish the environmental damage. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) adv with passionate fervor both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people Syn fervidly, fierily |
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