All 3 Uses
ardent
in
Pride and Prejudice
(Edited)
- You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
p. 185.3 *ardently = intensely
- 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 = intense
Definitions:
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(1)
(ardent) showing or feeling intense emotion -- typically strong positive feelings such as enthusiasm or love
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)