fervently

[fur-vuhnt-lee]

adverb

1. with great intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; vehemently: The students are fervently campaigning for reform.

   I can't know without being in that situation, and I fervently hope I never am.

   The students are fervently campaigning for reform.

Other Word Forms

• nonfervently adverb
• overfervently adverb
• superfervently adverb
• unfervently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fervently¹

fervent ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Perhaps, and No 10 fervently hopes, Sir Keir will wow the crowds at conference, and display why he earned the job to start with, and won the election in the first place.

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"I fervently believe that the rights of women and the interests of trans people are not irreconcilable at all," the former first minister said.

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And once again, Palestinians in Gaza and the families of Israeli hostages still held there are fervently hoping this will not be another false dawn.

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“Love my movie, hate my movie, I don’t care, because my movie healed something deep inside of me that I was waiting a lifetime to be healed from,” Gallo states fervently.

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It is to be fervently hoped that what they are creating is better than they are, because they really aren't very good at anything but technology.

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