zealously


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zeal·ous

 (zĕl′əs)
adj.
Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent.

zeal′ous·ly adv.
zeal′ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.zealously - in a zealous manner; "she worked zealously to raise funds for the literacy project"
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Translations
بِحَماسَه
horlivě
entusiastiskt
meî ákafa
hevesle

zealously

[ˈzeləslɪ] ADVcon entusiasmo
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zealously

[ˈzɛləsli] adv
[apply, enforce] → avec zèle
[guard, protect] → jalousement
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zealously

adv pursue, guard, supporteifrig
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zealously

[ˈzɛləslɪ] adv (support) → con zelo, in modo zelante
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zeal

(ziːl) noun
enthusiasm or keenness.
zealous (ˈzeləs) adjective
enthusiastic; keen. He is a zealous supporter of our cause.
ˈzealously adverb
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References in classic literature ?
As my eyes met theirs I was, for the second time, the recipient of their zealously guarded applause.
In the promotion of this object she was zealously active, as far as her ability reached; and missed no opportunity of projecting weddings among all the young people of her acquaintance.
I care not: this they shall own, that the two persons from whom I have taken it, that is to say, two of the best and worthiest men in the world, are strongly and zealously my friends.
Though the diplomatists still firmly believed in the possibility of peace and worked zealously to that end, and though the Emperor Napoleon himself wrote a letter to Alexander, calling him Monsieur mon frere, and sincerely assured him that he did not want war and would always love and honor him- yet he set off to join his army, and at every station gave fresh orders to accelerate the movement of his troops from west to east.
It seemed to him that ever since he had been left without a wife, he had in these very projects of reform been serving the Lord more zealously than before.
Brott has followed the Countess into circles which before her coming he zealously eschewed.
The helpful inmate had departed, without one backward glance to gather up the meed of gratitude, if any were in the hearts of those whom she had served so zealously. Meeting them in the street, she never raised her head to receive their greeting.
It had then seemed the object nearest her heart, that Dr Shirley, the rector, who for more than forty years had been zealously discharging all the duties of his office, but was now growing too infirm for many of them, should be quite fixed on engaging a curate; should make his curacy quite as good as he could afford, and should give Charles Hayter the promise of it.
Zealously guarded, yet a little worn at the edges and faded, he drew the picture from its case and held it before the old man's blinking eyes.
Never had runaways from Berande been more zealously hunted.
As for Kory-Kory, he appeared to think that we were in the midst of great events, and sought most zealously to impress me with a due sense of their importance.
You are in the hands of officials who zealously study your welfare and your interest, instead of turning their talents to the invention of new methods of discommoding and snubbing you, as is very often the main employment of that exceedingly self-satisfied monarch, the railroad conductor of America.