devoted
adjective
zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection.
devotedness
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a word derived from
devoted.
Example Sentences
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I loved this version of myself — for her devotedness to her craft, for her absurd certainty, and for her promise to be true to only one outcome.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
She seems simple at points in her wifely devotedness, but this character is as discreetly ambitious as the others are ostentatiously so, and Swallow doesn’t allow us to underestimate Emily for long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2016
O'Mahoney is saddled with an awkward speech explaining the source of Billy's personal and professional devotedness to Emily, but his character's reticence is unfailingly eloquent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2015
To a foreigner quite unacquainted with the meaning of these rites, the scene is well calculated to impress the mind with an idea of the exceeding devotedness of the Hindoos in observing their religious ordinances.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
I doubt very much whether Mr. Arnold ever realised the devotedness his verse inspired in the minds of thousands of his countrymen and countrywomen, both in the old world and the new.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell
