Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Burningly; fervidly.
  • With warmth of feeling; with earnest zeal; ardently; eagerly; vehemently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb in a fervent manner

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with passionate fervor

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

fervent +‎ -ly

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fervently.

Examples

  • "While I remain fervently committed to supporting President Bush's re-election, I think it best that I no longer play a role as an adviser in this year's campaign."

    08/19/2004 2004

  • He further presses upon Christians the duty of loving one another with a pure heart fervently from the consideration of their spiritual relation; they are all born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, &c.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • Jason Chimera argued the call fervently, but to no avail for the desperate Jackets, who had overcome a pair of two-goal deficits to get the game tied.

    NHL.com Feature Stories 2009

  • Having opened the debate by calling fervently upon her God to witness that she knew nothing of the matter, she proceeded, like a solo pianist, to run her fingers, as it were, lightly over the keys.

    Mount Music Martin Ross 1888

  • Gray, who was a self-employed carpenter with no prior criminal record, was known as a fervently religious, far-right militiaman.

    Southern Poverty Law Center: All Center News 2010

  • Gray, who was a self-employed carpenter with no prior criminal record, was known as a fervently religious, far-right militiaman.

    Southern Poverty Law Center: All Center News 2010

  • Though his parents had fallen away from strict religious observance, Podhoretz recalls his fervently Orthodox maternal grandfather for whom "613 mitvahs were not enough."

    J. Weekly 2009

  • Though his parents had fallen away from strict religious observance, Podhoretz recalls his fervently Orthodox maternal grandfather for whom "613 mitvahs were not enough."

    J. Weekly 2009

  • In her mind, she held the view of the dead horse, the ragamuffins and the seepy-eyed girl alongside her memories of seeing the shirtwaist strikers calling fervently for justice, seeing her dozens of dresses strewn across the floor the day she’d offered one to Bella, and seeing an image of herself, lying in bed.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • In her mind, she held the view of the dead horse, the ragamuffins and the seepy-eyed girl alongside her memories of seeing the shirtwaist strikers calling fervently for justice, seeing her dozens of dresses strewn across the floor the day she’d offered one to Bella, and seeing an image of herself, lying in bed.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.