Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fervently"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fervent \Fer"vent\, a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr.
of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]
1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet.
iii. 10.

2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of
fervor; zealous; glowing.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom.
iii. 11.

So spake the fervent angel. --Milton.

A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
mankind. --Macaulay.
-- {Fer"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n.

Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv.
12.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fervently
adv : with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are
fervently convinced they speak for the great majority
of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn: {fierily},
{fervidly}]

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