Ardently
['a:dəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in an ardent manner; 'the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
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Examples
- This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The wery thing,' said Mr. Weller, who was a party interested, inasmuch as he ardently longed to see the sport. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I should be all the happier, uncle, the more room there was for me to help him, said Dorothea, ardently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Temple has turned his thoughts to agriculture, which he pursues ardently, being in possession of a fine farm that his father lately conveyed to him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That it was her real self, every pulse in him ardently denied. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I knew from her own lips that she regarded herself as the innocent cause of his errors, and as owing him a great debt she ardently desired to pay. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Devoutly and ardently did Mr. Snodgrass wish that the ladies could know he had come in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I endeavoured to quiet the sorrows of my aching heart, by even now taking an interest in what in my youth I had ardently longed to see. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In his youth he had ardently loved this woman, and had heaped upon her all the locked-up wealth of his affection and imagination. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I ardently desired to understand them, and bent every faculty towards that purpose, but found it utterly impossible. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Never, I thought; and ardently I wished to die. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I ardently desired the acquisition of knowledge. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And that will make it all the more honorable, said Dorothea, ardently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nothing, only add how ardently I long for the time when I may call her mine, and all dissimulation may be unnecessary. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Evidently travel by coach had not been as popular in reality as the conservatives had ardently maintained. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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