And it was very curious indeed to see the younger sister's eyes suffused with tears, and something fervently and deeply felt, breaking through the wilfulness of what she said, and striving with it painfully.
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Fervently
/ˈfɝvəntli/
Synonyms for "fervently" (80 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
argue ardentlyblazing
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Related words (40)
Adverb(6 words)
Noun(3 words)
intensely studiedlabor vigorouslymore intense
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5 entriesfervently arguefervently believefervently defendfervently discussfervently hope
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12 total sentences available.
Throughout his youth he had fervently read the new works of Tolstoy. Now the fame of the great Russian was spread around the world.
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Can wars be solved by diplomacy? One would fervently hope so.
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She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement.
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