emotively
In heartfelt manner
Emotively means in a way that expresses or appeals to emotion.
A speaker who argues emotively relies on feelings rather than logic: She spoke emotively about her childhood.
The word often carries a faint suggestion that the emotional appeal is calculated or excessive.
In moving manner
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- nostalgicallyWith longing for past
- expressivelyWith outward emotion
- evocativelyIn memory-summoning manner
soulfully · tenderly · passionately · fervently · ardently · sentimentally · plaintively · longingly
With intense emotion
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- vehementlyWith intense force
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
zealously · tempestuously · heatedly · intensely · overwhelmingly · profoundly · deeply · viscerally
In a stagey manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- exaggeratedlyTo an inflated degree
- effusivelyWith unrestrained enthusiasm
- gushinglyWith excessive enthusiasm
bombastically · grandiosely · flamboyantly · ostentatiously · hyperbolically · sensationally · vividly · strikingly
With pensive longing
- nostalgicallyWith longing for past
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
sorrowfully · plaintively · pensively · reflectively · ruefully · dreamily · yearningly · longingly
poignantly
In moving manner
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- nostalgicallyWith longing for past
- expressivelyWith outward emotion
evocatively · soulfully · tenderly · passionately · fervently · ardently · sentimentally · plaintively · longingly · yearningly
passionately
With intense emotion
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- vehementlyWith intense force
fiercely · zealously · tempestuously · heatedly · intensely · overwhelmingly · profoundly · deeply · viscerally · wholeheartedly
theatrically
In a stagey manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- exaggeratedlyTo an inflated degree
- effusivelyWith unrestrained enthusiasm
gushingly · bombastically · grandiosely · flamboyantly · ostentatiously · hyperbolically · sensationally · vividly · strikingly · demonstratively
wistfully
With pensive longing
- nostalgicallyWith longing for past
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
despondently · sorrowfully · plaintively · pensively · reflectively · ruefully · dreamily · yearningly · longingly · regretfully
emotivelystoically
With unemotional endurance
unemotionally · impassively · dispassionately · expressionlessly · flatly
emotivelyrationally
In a logical manner
logically · analytically · reasonably · intellectually · cognitively
emotivelyobjectively
Based on facts, not feelings
neutrally · impartially · disinterestedly · matter-of-factly · clinically
- emotive languageWording that triggers feelings