passionately

«passionately» in Mova's school dictionary: With very strong feeling or enthusiasm: "She spoke… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (passionately; more passionately, most passionately)

meaning for a pupil

1) With very strong feeling or enthusiasm: "She spoke passionately about animals." tree →

2) Very much, deeply: "He passionately believes in fairness." tree →

3) With strong love (in stories and songs). tree →

sense in the lessons

In persuasive writing and speeches, speaking passionately shows that someone really cares. In stories it shows strong emotion: love, anger, or belief. Phrases: speak passionately, care passionately, believe passionately, argue passionately.

examples

• She spoke passionately about saving the rainforest. tree →
• He passionately believes that every child should read. tree →
• The fans cheered passionately for their team. tree →
• Gran passionately loves her garden. tree →
• The class argued passionately about school uniforms. tree →
• The singer sang passionately, with her eyes closed. tree →
• A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. tree →

note

Adverb from "passionate" (adjective) and "passion" (noun). Spelling: passion + ate + ly, with double s. In church, "the Passion" means the suffering and death of Jesus, as Christians believe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «passionately» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.