devotedly

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adverb

In a devoted manner.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbdevotedly (comparative more devotedly, superlative most devotedly)

comparative more devotedly · superlative most devotedly

  1. In a devoted manner.

    Fortunately, two servants she had brought with her, were devotedly attached to their mistress

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 209
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    If we clung as devotedly as some philosophers pretend we do to the abstract idea of life, or were half as frightened as they make out we are, for the subversive accident that ends it all, the trumpets might sound by the hour and no one would follow them into battle

    1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque

    Given some viewers' objections to the presence of Gwen on Merlin, it is perhaps unsurprising that the most popular "ship" (fandom term for relationship) in the fandom is Merther—the undeniable connection between the young wizard and the monarch he serves so devotedly.

    2019, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, page 96

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APA

devotedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devotedly

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devotedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devotedly.

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