fervently
Americanadverb
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Etymology
Origin of fervently
Explanation
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.
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Example Sentences
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Fervently devoted to Rosario, she brims with pride and gladness: she is pregnant, but, before she can tell her husband the news, he crashes on the road.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
Fervently dedicated to Wagner, the symphony is awash in echoes of “Die Walküre,” “Tristan und Isolde” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” — though Bruckner somehow converts all hints of eros into further worshipfulness.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013
Fervently anti-apartheid, Keating rejoiced in having his visa blocked when covering the 1980 British Lions tour, with the South Africans claiming he had not filled in the appropriate forms.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013
Fervently feminist and vegetarian, she's less the loving daughter than resident scold.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2010
Fervently hoping for success, he released his hold.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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