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ea⋅ger

1  [ee-ger]
Use eagerly in a Sentence
–adjective
1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
2. characterized by or revealing great earnestness: an eager look.
3. Obsolete. keen; sharp; biting.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME egre < AF, OF egre, aigre < VL *ācrus for L 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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ea·ger 1   (ē'gər)   
adj.   ea·ger·er, ea·ger·est
  1. Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy. See Usage Note at anxious.
  2. Obsolete Tart; sharp; cutting.

[Middle English eger, sour, sharp, impetuous, from Anglo-Norman egre, from Latin ācer; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]
ea'ger·ly adv., ea'ger·ness n.
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Eagerly

Ea"ger*ly\, adv. In an eager manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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