Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With sharpness or keenness; bitterly; keenly.
- In an eager manner; with ardor or vehemence; with keen desire, as for the attainment of something sought or pursued; with avidity or zeal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an eager manner.
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- adverb In an
eager manner. - adverb
Anxiously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with eagerness; in an eager manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Students who had been successful during the term eagerly flipped through their portfolios, pointing out all of their good grades.
Sara Vogel: Beyond Damage Control: Equipping Parents With Real Tools to Support Their Children in Mexico Sara Vogel 2012
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Students who had been successful during the term eagerly flipped through their portfolios, pointing out all of their good grades.
Sara Vogel: Beyond Damage Control: Equipping Parents With Real Tools to Support Their Children in Mexico Sara Vogel 2012
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When Dewey's name was officially placed in nomination at the GOP convention in Philadelphia that year, he was hailed as "American's greatest administrator" -- a label eagerly slapped on Romney today by Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
CNN.com 2012
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Heavy Rain is a title eagerly awaited by a certain kind of "serious" video game player.
G4 TV - TheFeed 2009
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You tuck in eagerly, buttery pastry flaking into your lap, as the sun rises and burns night from the sky - as the night's fog dissipates, rolls back into the sea.
Sunday morning miscellany mangosteen 2009
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They dived in eagerly, keen to grab the best titles and within minutes were being read to by Christina and Juana, two of the project leaders.
Boing Boing 2007
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“Hi, Jake!” she called eagerly as she ran up the embankment to the road.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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“Hi, Jake!” she called eagerly as she ran up the embankment to the road.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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“Hi, Jake!” she called eagerly as she ran up the embankment to the road.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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And I was weak a little with the tumult and force of my emotion; but in a moment I called eagerly with my brain-elements to
The Night Land 2007
bilby commented on the word eagerly
"I can see so far from way up here!" said Tom eagerly.
August 8, 2009