adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Only the most zealous supporters of Thatcherism were in favour of the tax.
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Some of the officers were more zealous than others in enforcing the disciplinary code.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Elsewhere, the arguments may seem more rational but are equally zealous .
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He was always zealous in good works, always regular at worship and a key member of the church.
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Here, the conformity can be zealous or even excessive.
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No zealous advocate of good citizenship would argue that political participation ought to be pursued to the neglect of all other obligations.
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Not only did she write boldly about religious questions, she was a zealous evangelist.
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The trees were dusty and muscular; zealous visions of their former selves.
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What I can not accept is the zealous , blind rush to condemn the parents of Jessica Dubroff.
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Without such a safeguard, a small group of ill-informed or zealous officers from either side could start a full-scale nuclear war.