Passionately

Examples

• I cried out passionately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was easy to see that she was passionately devoted both to her husband and to her little son. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Thus did this provoking creature delight in teasing me, and the next half-hour he would seem passionately devoted to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading, and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His mother was of sturdier stuff, passionately patriotic and a strong and managing woman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I, he said, beating one hand on the other passionately, am the man from Shropshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Thereupon she said again, and again, 'I beg your pardon, Amy,' and 'Forgive me, Amy,' almost as passionately as she had said what she regretted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Thus passionately Perdita ran on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And as she spoke she flung herself down on her knees, and bursting into tears, seized hold of Pitt's hand, which she kissed passionately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Indeed, indeed, it was two other boys,' said Oliver, clasping his hands passionately, and looking round. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Bessy said passionately, 'Now am not I a fool,--am I not, Miss? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Lydgate had never seen her in trouble since the morning of their engagement, and he had never felt so passionately towards her as at this moment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She loved only children and animals: children she loved passionately, but coldly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He's drunk,' roared old Wardle passionately. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Both were passionately enthusiastic for the spirit of Jesus of Nazareth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I am passionately fond of music, he said, turning over some songs, and nothing so delights me as to hear a woman's voice. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He was silent a moment, and then said passionately-- We may at least have the comfort of speaking to each other without disguise. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ursula was deeply and passionately in love with Birkin, and she was capable of nothing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She cried passionately. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I WILL play it, she said, striking the notes almost passionately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Yes, he whispered passionately. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Legree's brow grew dark, and he broke out, passionately: Yes, I did buy such a fellow,--and a h--l of a bargain I had of it, too! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Her dress is well chosen, too, for in a week she weds Count Antonio, whom she passionately hates. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Harriet Smith might think herself not unworthy of being peculiarly, exclusively, passionately loved by Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
• In a moment afterwards, she knelt on the ground at my side, hid her face in my dress, passionately begged my pardon, and wept. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was no mocking-bird of praise, to try because another extolled what he reverenced and passionately loved, to outdo him in laudation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• That night we were at Argyle House, and he really seemed most passionately fond of me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The voice came nearer, and rose and rose more passionately still. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I passionately repeated that I loved her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Editor: Tracy