ardent
adjective
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent.
ardency
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a word derived from
ardent.
Example Sentences
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We might have been able to move past the language barrier if Mr. Hernández and Ms. Aikens conveyed the powerful emotion of their words with the requisite ardency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Teenagers can be cynical or anxious, they can be wry, but they also have natural belief in a better world, they are wired for ardency.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
One: He loved a woman, with a great, unslakable ardency, named Fanny Brawne.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019
Not that I wasn’t charmed by the laid back ardency of the three narrators I saw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2016
The ardency of her affections and the determinate character of her mind were well known to her royal relatives.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
