passionately
pas·sion·ate·ly/ˈpæʃənətli/adverb
passionately is spelled P-A-S-S-I-O-N-A-T-E-L-Y: 12 letters and 4 syllables (pas·sion·ate·ly). It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, passionately means “In a passionate manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in passionately?
| Letters | 12: P-A-S-S-I-O-N-A-T-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: pas·sion·ate·ly |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is passionately?
Passionately appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce passionately?
- /ˈpæʃənətli/
Passionately has 4 syllables, split pas·sion·ate·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-passionately.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of passionately
- more passionately comparative
- most passionately superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does passionately mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a passionate manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Passionately in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a passionate manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | passionnément |
| German | leidenschaftlich |
| Portuguese | apaixonadamente |
| Spanish | apasionadamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does passionately come from?
From passionate + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).