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ar·dent  (ärdnt)
adj.
1. Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate: an ardent lover.
2. Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent: "an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art" (Walter Pater).
3.
a. Burning; fiery.
b. Glowing; shining: ardent eyes.
[Middle English ardaunt, from Old French ardant, from Latin rdns, rdent-, present participle of rdre, to burn; see as- in Indo-European roots.]
arden·cy (-dn-s) n.
ardent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.ardently - in an ardent manner; "the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired"
Translations
ardently [ˈɑːdəntlɪ] ADV
1. (= enthusiastically) [support, defend, desire] → ardientemente, fervientemente; [speak] → con vehemencia
2. (= passionately) [kiss] → apasionadamente
ardently [ˈɑːrdəntli] adv [desire, support, defend] → ardemment, avec ardeur
ardently
adv → leidenschaftlich; love → heiß; desire, admire → glühend
ardently [ˈɑːd/əntlɪ] adv → ardentemente


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We have already reached a very high latitude; but it is the height of summer, and although not so warm as in England, the southern gales, which blow us speedily towards those shores which I so ardently desire to attain, breathe a degree of renovating warmth which I had not expected.
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Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.
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With dim lights and tangled circumstance they tried to shape their thought and deed in noble agreement; but after all, to common eyes their struggles seemed mere inconsistency and formlessness; for these later-born Theresas were helped by no coherent social faith and order which could perform the function of knowledge for the ardently willing soul.
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