devoted
Americanadjective
adjective
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feeling or demonstrating loyalty or devotion; ardent; devout
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set apart, dedicated, or consecrated
Other Word Forms
- devotedly adverb
- devotedness noun
- overdevoted adjective
- overdevotedly adverb
- overdevotedness noun
- quasi-devoted adjective
- quasi-devotedly adverb
- undevoted adjective
Etymology
Origin of devoted
Example Sentences
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Most of “The Women” is devoted to works made between 1951 and 1966, offering a compendium of wide-ranging approaches and occasional surprises.
According to Ms. DuBois it is difficult to pinpoint when and why the movement to which she had devoted most of her life began shrugging her off, but it did.
All of which would be merely clever if the eight-episode “Classic” were not—in addition to being the funniest series of recent memory—so devoted to the concepts of tradition and continuity in the theater.
Willis, who ran a publication devoted to high fashion and current trends, described all three Fox sisters as, “considerably prettier than average.”
From Literature
He was in the market for wealthy donors to the Clinton Foundation and later to the Clinton Global Initiative, a gathering of leaders devoted to addressing world problems.
From BBC
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