passionately

Etymology

passionate + -ly

adv

  1. In a passionate manner.
    “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]” 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace

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