ardently

[ ahr-dnt-lee ]

/ ˈɑr dnt li /

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adverb

with intense emotion; passionately or fervently: I ardently cheered for Mexico in all their games, my eyes watering when I heard the national anthem.

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."

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Origin of ardently

ardent + -ly

Words nearby ardently

ardeid, Ardella, Arden, Ardennes, ardent, ardently, ardent spirits, Ardi, Ardipithecus, Ardipithecus kadabba, Ardipithecus ramidus

How to use ardently in a sentence

This year has also witnessed a growing acknowledgment, even among ardent capitalists, that the system is deeply flawed.
Capitalism Delivered Promise, and Faced a Reckoning, in 2020|Eben Shapiro|December 20, 2020|Time
Yet as ardently as businesspeople want this election to produce greater policy stability, they’re unlikely to get it.
What business needs from the 2020 election|Geoffrey Colvin|September 30, 2020|Fortune
This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.
Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even as Hispanics favored Democrats this week, some Republicans wooed them ardently and made surprising inroads.
How Democrats Can Recover|Will Marshall|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When my first book, Superbad, came out back in 2001, I read reviews ardently, excited and a little surprised to be an author.
Constructive Criticism: Reviewing the Idea of Reviewing|Ben Greenman|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The country he had so ardently defended and the city of Benghazi, which he had helped to save and he so loved, proved his undoing.
Remembering Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens|Bernard-Henri Lévy|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
White evangelicals are slightly more skeptical, but the poll found that it made no difference in how ardently they support Romney.
Why Voters Don’t Care About Mitt Romney’s Mormonism|David Sessions|July 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She loves me ardently; and her power with my father, except on one point, is almost omnipotent.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Devoutly and ardently did Mr. Snodgrass wish that the ladies could know he had come in.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Thus he used to say frequently that he ardently desired that we might soon know his language.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The obscurity lent him courage to keep his eyes fastened as ardently as he liked upon the girl who sat in the firelight.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He was ardently devoted to the science, and contributed much to spread a correct knowledge of it among the people by his lectures.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

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