zealously

English

Etymology

From zealous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛləsli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

zealously (comparative more zealously, superlative most zealously)

  1. Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
    working zealously
    zealously defend someone
    zealously guarded
    • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39:
      It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.
    • 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2012:
      Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.

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