eagerly

Everyday

1. In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. tree →
2. Keenly and with much interest: «We listened eagerly.» tree →

In the lessons

Stories use «eagerly» to show excitement: «She eagerly opened the present.» Alice eagerly follows the White Rabbit; the Mole eagerly learns about boats. Common phrases: «eagerly awaited», «eagerly waiting», «nodded eagerly».

Examples

• The children eagerly waited for the bell. tree →
• The puppy eagerly wagged its tail. tree →
• Alice ran eagerly after the White Rabbit. tree →
• We eagerly opened the box of new books. tree →
• The film was eagerly awaited. tree →
• «Can I come?» asked the Mole eagerly. tree →
• “And back to Kansas?” she asked eagerly. tree →

Note

From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).

In Jewish tradition

Used for longing, as a worker for rest, and Hosea's call to try hard to know the LORD.

Interpretation. Hosea 6:3 is read as a call to repentance and to a close search for God.

Examples

• As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand. (Prophets HAB.1.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' (Prophets HOS.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).