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eagerly

[ee-ger]

adjective

keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.

characterized by or revealing great earnestness: an eager look.

Obsolete. keen; sharp; biting.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English egre < Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre < Vulgar Latin *ācrus for Latin ācer sharp

Related forms

ea·ger·ly, adverb

ea·ger·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. enthusiastic, desirous. See avid. 2. fervent, zealous, fervid, intent, intense, earnest.

Antonyms
1, 2. indifferent, uninterested. 2. heedless.

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Little do they know that teams of scientists are eagerly watching them trying to find.

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Little do they know that teams of scientists are eagerly watching them trying to find.

Faculty members and administrations across higher education had eagerly awaited the announcement.

Boomer grandparents will spoil their children's children as eagerly as they once spoiled themselves.

Eagerly the men scanned the gray, rolling waves of the ocean for the masts of a ship that could carry them home.

Neither of them, however, will ever deliver the data that climate scientists so eagerly expected from them.

Teachers eagerly combed the aisles, exploring the latest products that educational technology companies have to offer.

Evidently the post is eagerly sought for when a vacancy occurs.

You're sure that with the right personal tutoring that you'll eagerly provide, he'll grow as a mind-and as a man.

Fresh-faced attendants in branded red-and-white polo shirts leap eagerly to their task.

The two baby chicks with beaks open eagerly anticipate their next meal.

All these companies eagerly support the expansion of control programs.

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The auspicious day which has been eagerly looked forward to during so many exciting years has come at last.

Conversely, they eagerly bestow funds upon the wealthy, who need it least.

Companies, governments and international organisations pander to them eagerly.

Millions tuned in to listen over their home radio sets, and millions more eagerly anticipated photos from unprecedented heights.

Sullivan, the ultimate foreign correspondent, eagerly reporting the story from the other side.

He's had the subscription for four years now and still eagerly checks the mailbox each month on the day the magazine is due out.

Buffett is as eagerly awaited by some investors as the new spring styles in.

Dazzled by the prospect of being part of a group, fans eagerly wear the group's insignia or team colors.

Some chase the runners' high as eagerly as they chase profits.

Runners delivered film to this lab, from which photos were forwarded on to newspapers who were eagerly covering the climb.

You're quite right that people are not going to make lifestyle changes eagerly.

The electronics products were first-rate and eagerly embraced.

Clearly they are a bonanza for consumers, who have been eagerly funneling spare cash into them.

They want someone who will eagerly teach what they want taught, as many courses as possible.

Now it is one of a host of countries eagerly laying claim to swathes of the seafloor that may one day yield huge riches.

But scientists are eagerly watching for the outcome.

We eagerly await a scientific paper on whether such sunlight would be particularly hospitable to vampires.

Northrop is also eagerly portraying the drone as a journeyman.

Survivors are left with the apology of the company officials and rescuers who eagerly rushed the false word forth.

I, too, will be eagerly looking forward to its release.

And the groups of crofters and villagers who have bought them on a community basis have eagerly set about all sorts of.

The males eagerly leave for their own fishing session at sea, and the mothers take over care of the chicks for a while.

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Many of them, of course eagerly latched onto adcons as a solution to some of the money problems of colleges and universities.

Volunteers responded this time as eagerly as before.

He eagerly splashes around, and lets the water come up to his neck.

Since then, energy industry watchers have eagerly waited to see where the agency would put its chips.

But then companies in both countries are also eagerly studying practices and skills in.

Readers will also learn that scientists are eagerly studying these cells to learn how the cells regenerate body parts.

Retailers, for example, are eagerly awaiting near-field communication.

Most of the world's people eagerly munch on insects, which are low in fat, high in protein-and available in great supply.

The southerners now eagerly await a promised referendum on independence early next year.

Our family and friends stayed home eagerly awaiting news of our journey.

China is by no means the only emerging economy in which new technology is being eagerly embraced.

Still, the desire to avoid withdrawal pangs may explain why billions of humans so eagerly consume caffeine every day.

Jointly guaranteed bonds sold to raise money for the current bail-out funds are being eagerly snapped up by investors.

Green policies currently offer lots of opportunities for win-wins, which is why so many firms are eagerly embracing them:.

But during the cold war both superpowers conspired eagerly to eliminate people they deemed undesirable.

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World English Dictionary

eager¹ (ˈiːɡə)

—*adj*
1.	(postpositive; often foll by to or for) impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for): he was eager to see her departure
2.	characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire: an eager look
3.	archaic tart or biting; sharp

[C13: from Old French egre, from Latin acer sharp, keen]

'eagerly¹

—*adv*

'eagerness¹

—n

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Word Origin & History

eager

c.1300, from O.Fr. aigre, from V.L. *acrus, from L. acer (gen. acris) "keen, sharp" (see acrid). The Eng. word kept an alternative meaning of "pungent, sharp-edged" till 19c. (e.g. Shakespeare's "The bitter clamour of two eager tongues," in "Richard II"). Related: Eagerly; eagerness.

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