Meanings
comparative more zealously · superlative most zealously
- Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
working zealously
4 more examples
zealously defend someone
zealously guarded
It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.
2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012Synonyms: eagerly, enthusiastically, heartily, with a will
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbLike, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 熱心地 /热心地
- 熱心地 /热心地 (jit⁶ sam¹ dei⁶)with zealotry
Chinese Mandarin 熱心地 /热心地, 狂熱地 /狂热地
- 熱心地 /热心地 (rèxīn de)with zealotry
- 狂熱地 /狂热地 (kuángrè de)with zealotry
Dutch naijverig
- naijverigwith zealotry
Finnish intohimoisesti
- intohimoisestiwith zealotry
French avec zèle, d'une manière zélée
- avec zèlewith zealotry
- d'une manière zéléewith zealotry
German in eifriger Weise
- in eifriger Weisewith zealotry
Hebrew באדיקות
- באדיקות (beadikút)with zealotry
Italian zelantemente
- zelantementewith zealotry
Japanese 熱狂的に
- 熱狂的に (nekkyōteki ni)with zealotry
Latin ācriter, zēlanter
- ācriterwith zealotry
- zēlanterwith zealotry
Polish gorliwie, entuzjastycznie
- gorliwiewith zealotry
- entuzjastyczniewith zealotry
Portuguese zelosamente
- zelosamentewith zealotry
Romanian zelos, doritor
- zeloswith zealotry
- doritorwith zealotry
- cu zelwith zealotry
Russian рья́но, пы́лко
- рья́но (rʹjáno)with zealotry
- пы́лко (pýlko)with zealotry
- ре́вностно (révnostno)with zealotry
Spanish fervorosamente, celosamente
- fervorosamentewith zealotry
- celosamentewith zealotry
Thai อย่างขยันขันแข็ง
- อย่างขยันขันแข็ง (yàang kàyăn kăn kăeng)with zealotry
Vietnamese hăng hái, sốt sắng
- hăng háiwith zealotry
- sốt sắngwith zealotry
Cite this entry
zealously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zealously
“zealously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zealously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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