Hypertext Webster Gateway: "passionately"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Passionately \Pas"sion*ate*ly\, adv.
1. In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.
Sorrow expresses itself . . . loudly and
passionately. --South.
2. Angrily; irascibly. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
passionately
adv 1: with passion; "she kissed him passionately"
2: in a stormy or violent manner [syn: {stormily}, {turbulently}]
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