zealously

In burning earnest

Zealously means with intense enthusiasm, dedication, or fervor.

Someone who zealously guards their privacy protects it fiercely.

A zealously enforced rule allows no exceptions.

The word often implies devotion bordering on excess: She zealously promoted her cause to anyone who would listen.

The attorney zealously defended her client.

fervent

fervently

With intense passionate feeling

intensely · vehemently · fanatically · devoutly · religiously · piously · single-mindedly · obsessively · militantly · evangelically

eager

eagerly

With keen enthusiasm

earnestly · vigorously · energetically · actively · animatedly · spiritedly · exuberantly · vivaciously · zestfully · heartily

devoted

devotedly

With steadfast commitment

staunchly · unwaveringly · resolutely · wholeheartedly · allegiance · fealty · constancy · trueness · unselfishly · self-sacrificingly

diligent

assiduously

With persistent careful effort

scrupulously · painstakingly · rigorously · thoroughly · carefully · attentively · studiously · methodically · systematically · fastidiously

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intensity of enthusiasm/fervor

zealouslyapathetically

Without interest or emotion

unenthusiastically · halfheartedly · dispassionately · indifferently · tepidly

emotional investment/caring

zealouslycarelessly

Without due attention

casually · nonchalantly · unconcernedly · perfunctorily · mechanically

effort and dedication

zealouslylazily

Without exertion or haste

negligently · slackly · reluctantly · grudgingly · half-heartedly

Family

zealous, overzealous, zealousness, overzealousness, overzealously

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