ardently
Americanadverb
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with intense emotion; passionately or fervently.
I ardently cheered for Mexico in all their games, my eyes watering when I heard the national anthem.
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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."
Etymology
Origin of ardently
Example Sentences
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The two men regularly golfed together, and the senator, who was always a fixture on cable news television, ardently defended the president and his policies.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Based on Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel “Three Bags Full,” the story takes places in a quaint British town, where George loves his flock so ardently that he reads them murder-mystery stories every evening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Even so, Storrie has to figuratively shine up a team of athletes who probably never watched his show in front of the millions of fans who ardently do.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
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.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
No matter how ardently the giraffe’s ancestor stretched its neck, it could not convey that information into its genetic material.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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