All 3 Uses of
ardent
in
Pride and Prejudice
- You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.†
p. 185.3 *ardently = with intense enthusiasm (or another emotion)
- how ardently did she long to know whether any of his were directed in a like manner.†
p. 250.2
- Such a change in a man of so much pride exciting not only astonishment but gratitude—for to love, ardent love, it must be attributed; and as such its impression on her was of a sort to be encouraged, as by no means unpleasing, though it could not be exactly defined.†
p. 253.5ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
Definition:
showing or feeling intense emotion -- typically strong positive feelings such as enthusiasm or love