passionately

Variant of passionate

passionate definition

pas·sion·ate (pas̸hə nit)

adjective

  1. having or showing strong feelings; full of passion
  2. easily angered; hot-tempered
  3. resulting from, expressing, or tending to arouse strong feeling; ardent; intense; impassioned a passionate speech
  4. readily aroused to sexual activity; sensual
  5. strong; vehement: said of an emotion

Etymology: ME passionat < ML passionatus

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