Synonyms for zealously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : zel-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɛl əs


Définition of zealously

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Medieval Latin zelosus (source of Italian zeloso, Spanish celoso), from zelus (see zeal). Related: Zealously, zealousness.
  • adv in a zealous manner
Example sentences :
  • One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Never was an estate kept so zealously private, and, does monsieur know?
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • It was a thing that I had ever most zealously kept hidden, as already I have shown.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • If you do not work too zealously to save her, your reward will be the heart of him whom you love at last.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • An hundred servants hedged them about,––hedged them in as zealously as jailers.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • I can read them zealously but apparently do not get to the bottom and cannot retain what I do read.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • If he was 'zealously affected,' it was always 'in a good thing.'
  • Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
  • He applied himself readily and zealously, but did not work consecutively.
  • Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
  • They sprang to their stations as zealously as though they had no thought but for the honor of the ship.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
  • When Jeremiah does this zealously, he incurs not only hate but also the gravest dangers.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

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