ardently

[ahr-dnt-lee]

adverb

1. with intense emotion; passionately or fervently.

   I ardently cheered for Mexico in all their games, my eyes watering when I heard the national anthem.

2. with great conviction or zeal.

   To reduce our environmental footprint and save money, our family of six has ardently employed the simple strategy "Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle."

Word History and Origins

Origin of ardently¹

ardent ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

They swiftly drew a new map, ardently defended the process and, when Democrats used the one tool left to the minority party, they tested the limits of traditionally accepted democratic norms to force them back.

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When Demme was a young boy, his mother told him to write about the movies he so ardently watched “to uncover the secrets behind the magic.”

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In the end, all Americans will lose if the Texas trial court goes along with the state’s ardently pro-death penalty attorney general and sets such a troubling example.

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This is something they have tried ardently to avoid.

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The US couple, aged 37 and 38, ardently believe that the world needs to have more babies or risk civilisational collapse.

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