Passionate vs. Passionately — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Passionate and Passionately
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Passionate
Having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs
He's passionate about football
Passionate pleas for help
Passionately
In a way that shows strong feelings or beliefs
He argued passionately against war
Ruth was passionately interested in politics
Passionate
Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions
A family of passionate personalities.
Passionately
Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions
A family of passionate personalities.
Passionate
Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
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Passionately
Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
Passionate
Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
Passionately
Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
Passionate
Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent
A passionate speech against injustice.
Passionately
Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent
A passionate speech against injustice.
Passionate
Arising from or marked by passion
A teacher who is passionate about her subject.
Passionately
Arising from or marked by passion
A teacher who is passionate about her subject.
Passionate
Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
Mandy is a passionate lover.
Passionately
In a passionate manner.
Passionate
Fired with intense feeling.
Passionately
In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.
Sorrow expresses itself . . . loudly and passionately.
Passionate
(obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful.
Passionately
Angrily; irascibly.
Passionate
A passionate individual.
Passionately
With passion;
She kissed him passionately
Passionate
(obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
Passionately
In a stormy or violent manner
Passionate
(obsolete) To express with great emotion.
Passionate
Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate.
Passionate
Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
Passionate
Suffering; sorrowful.
Passionate
To affect with passion; to impassion.
Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,The godly king and queen did passionate.
Passionate
To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
Passionate
Having or expressing strong emotions
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