Both Uses

ardent
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Passing, by Nella Larsen
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And always by His most ardent followers, it seems.†
p. 27.7

ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
Was she never to be free of it, that fear which crouched, always, deep down within her, stealing away the sense of security, the feeling of permanence, from the life which she had so admirably arranged for them all, and desired so ardently to have remain as it was?†
p. 57.6 *

ardently = with intense enthusiasm (or another emotion)

Definitions:

(1) (ardent)
showing or feeling intense emotion -- typically strong positive feelings such as enthusiasm or love
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)