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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Kennedy stressed law and order so ardently, Mr. Jentleson relates, that Richard Nixon complained that people thought “Bobby is more of a law-and-order man than I am!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
This is something they have tried ardently to avoid.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
Armed with real numbers, Galton could now find the elusive “law of heredity” that he had hunted so ardently for decades.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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