adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an ardent manner; with great eagerness or keen desire; passionately, earnestly, zealously.

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1340.  Ayenb., 5. Þet me etþ and dryngþ … oþer out of mesure, oþer to ardentliche.

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1474.  Caxton, Chesse, 10. Whom a man louyd so ardantly.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 454. Panthers, ardently thirsting.

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1786.  Burke, Art. W. Hastings, Wks. 1842, II. 215. That the rajah would ardently catch at the objects presented to his ambition.

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1816.  Scott, Bl. Dwarf, ii. 13. Ardently attached to this sport.

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