Both Uses of
fervent
in
Middlemarch
- "No, dear, I am very, very happy," said Dorothea, fervently.†
Chpt 1 *fervently = with intense emotion or passionate belief
- It was desirable that chaplaincies of this kind should be entered on with a fervent intention: they were peculiar opportunities for spiritual influence; and while it was good that a salary should be allotted, there was the more need for scrupulous watching lest the office should be perverted into a mere question of salary.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(fervent) characterized by intense emotion or passionate belief
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, fervent may refer to something that is especially hot or that glows from heat.