passionately

1. 1.

   with passion

   “she kissed him passionately”
2. 2.

   in a stormy or violent manner

   Synonymsstormilyturbulently

Questions about passionately

What does passionately mean?

passionately means "with passion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in passionately?

passionately has 4 syllables: pas-siona-te-ly. The stress falls on "pas". In IPA it is /ˈpæʃənətli/.

What is another word for passionately?

Close synonyms include stormily, turbulently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is passionately a common word?

passionately is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.