fervent.

Strongly felt and sincerely expressed.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• fervent hope
• fervent belief

On the page

She expressed a fervent hope that the letters survived.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more fervent; superlative most fervent when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.