In a passionate, intensely eager, or fervent manner; with burning enthusiasm or zeal.
From ardent (eager, passionate) plus the adverbial suffix -ly, ultimately derived from Latin ardere meaning 'to burn.'
When Shakespeare wrote about characters behaving ardently, he was using a word that literally describes something burning—the adverb maintains that fiery quality even in modern use.
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