fervid
[fur-vid]
- heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- burning; glowing; intensely hot.
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Origin of fervid
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Examples from the Web for fervidly
Contemporary Examples
Gabriel is the 26-year-old son of a fervidly leftist Chilean mother and a Soviet father whom he never met.
Historical Examples
It is my belief that he is still blazing as fervidly as ever.
Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")Nathaniel Hawthorne
"You are always generous, Amzi," said Mrs. Waterman fervidly.
Otherwise PhyllisMeredith Nicholson
Then he kissed her fervidly and laughed with the joy of realization and triumph.
The Viking BloodFrederick William Wallace
"I'd like to have a wife like that Bo," declared Roy, fervidly.
The Man of the ForestZane Grey
And, when the prayers rhymed, how exhilarating it was to lay stress on each rhyme and double rhyme, shouting them fervidly.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
Word Origin and History for fervidly
fervid
adj.
1590s, from Latin fervidus "glowing, burning; vehement, fervid," from fervere "to boil, glow" (see brew (v.)). Figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1650s. Related: Fervidly.
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