Literary notes about Ardently (AI summary)
The word ardently is frequently used in literature to intensify the expression of strong emotions and desires. It can underscore a character’s intense longing or fervor, as when a desire for change or fulfillment is described with great passion [1][2]. Writers employ it to highlight both inner emotional states and interpersonal expressions, whether in the fervent declarations of love and admiration [3][4] or in the impassioned pursuit of ambition and knowledge [5][6]. In dialogue and narrative alike, ardently conveys a sense of urgency and deep commitment, enhancing the dramatic quality of a moment by suggesting that a character’s feelings are not merely transient but burning with genuine intensity [7][8].
- “Until then I had ardently desired a change of sentence.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - I ardently desired the acquisition of knowledge.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - I had at one time over forty scholars, and those of the right sort, ardently desiring to learn.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass - As I praised her beauty, she allowed me to kiss her ardently, but she stopped my further progress by giving me a kiss as if to satisfy me.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - “Never,” I thought; and ardently I wished to die.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
