Fer·vid a.
  1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
  The mounted sun
  Shot down direct his fervid rays.   --Milton.
  2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
     The fervid wishes, holy fires.   --Parnell.
  -- Fer*vid*ly, adv. -- Fer*vid*ness, n.
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  fervidly
       adv : with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are
             fervently convinced they speak for the great majority
             of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn: fierily,
              fervently]