ferventlyadv.
/ˈfəːv(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈfərvəntli/ In a fervent manner.† 1. Burningly, intensely, severely. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb]
strongeOE
hotOE
unsoftOE
snellya1000
stitha1000
stronglyOE
woodlyc1000
hatelyOE
unridelyc1175
wood1297
mainlyc1300
dreec1330
spackly?c1335
brothelyc1340
bremelya1375
fiercelya1375
violentlya1387
throlyc1390
roughlya1400
snarplya1400
unrekenlya1400
dreichlyc1400
ranklyc1400
witherlyc1400
maliciouslya1450
fervently1480
roidlyc1480
thrafully1535
vehement?1541
toughly1589
sickerly1596
vengeously1599
virulently1599
rageously1600
ragefullya1631
churlishly1657
improbously1657
rampantly1698
fierce1771
savagerous1832
fulgurantly1873
franticly1883
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii. 293 He myght not wel endure no whyle so feruently he was take.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 27 He that hath the jaundis so fervently and sore.
1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. vii. 110 It continued so fervently hot.
2. With warmth of feeling; ardently, earnestly, hotly, passionately. Now rare except in expressions of love, desire, prayer, etc.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
ardently1340
burningly1340
firely1340
ferventlyc1374
warmly1529
fierily1600
glowinglya1625
incandescently1803
fervidly1847
tropically1896
Messianically1976
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1356 The whiche frendes feruentliche hym preye To senden efter more.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxiii. f. li Chilperich heryng of the..takynge of his Sone, was..more feruently amouyd.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 27 The king..pursued them more feruently then circumspectly.
1611 Bible (King James) Coloss. iv. 12 Alwaies labouring feruently for you in praiers. View more context for this quotation
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. ix. 74 She then renewed her Proposal, and very fervently recommended it. View more context for this quotation
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 9 Most fervently do I love my God, my king.
1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 83 I had fervently pressed the Treasury board to replenish this particular deposit.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 5 I wished fervently he might not discover my hiding-place.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) III. xviii. 31 Henry..was fervently orthodox.
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