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# passionately

adverb (passionately; more passionately, most passionately)

«passionately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. With very strong feeling or enthusiasm: "She spoke passionately about animals." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#m1)
2. Very much, deeply: "He passionately believes in fairness." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#m2)
3. With strong love (in stories and songs). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#m3)

### In the lessons

In persuasive writing and speeches, speaking passionately shows that someone really cares. In stories it shows strong emotion: love, anger, or belief. Phrases: speak passionately, care passionately, believe passionately, argue passionately.

### Examples

- She spoke passionately about saving the rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x1)
- He passionately believes that every child should read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x2)
- The fans cheered passionately for their team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x3)
- Gran passionately loves her garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x4)
- The class argued passionately about school uniforms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x5)
- The singer sang passionately, with her eyes closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x6)
- A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from "passionate" (adjective) and "passion" (noun). Spelling: passion + ate + ly, with double s. In church, "the Passion" means the suffering and death of Jesus, as Christians believe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «passionately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«passionately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/passionately.html) on Mova free.