eagerly
In keen anticipation
Eagerly means with keen interest or impatient desire.
Someone who waits eagerly for news anticipates it with enthusiasm: She eagerly accepted the job offer.
The word suggests active wanting rather than passive willingness—you don't just agree to something eagerly, you want it.
With eager excitement
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
- zealouslyWith extreme devotion
avidly · keenly · heartily · vigorously · spiritedly · animatedly · exuberantly · ebulliently
In an awaiting manner
- excitedlyIn a thrilled manner
- breathlesslyWithout pausing to inhale
- impatientlyWithout calm waiting
- anxiouslyIn a worried manner
longingly · hopefully · yearningly · hungrily · thirstily · restlessly · on tenterhooks · with bated breath
Without delay or reluctance
- willinglyBy free choice
- gladlyWith eager willingness
- promptlyWithout hesitation or delay
- quicklyAt high speed
unhesitatingly · without hesitation · obligingly · cooperatively · gamely · cheerfully · agreeably · voluntarily
With extreme hunger
- ravenouslyWith extreme hunger
- greedilyWith excessive wanting
- hungrilyWith strong appetite
- rapaciouslyWith greedy aggression
insatiably · desperately · fiercely · urgently · intensely · obsessively · single-mindedly
enthusiastically
With eager excitement
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
zealously · avidly · keenly · heartily · vigorously · spiritedly · animatedly · exuberantly · ebulliently · vivaciously
expectantly
In an awaiting manner
- excitedlyIn a thrilled manner
- breathlesslyWithout pausing to inhale
- impatientlyWithout calm waiting
anxiously · longingly · hopefully · yearningly · hungrily · thirstily · restlessly · on tenterhooks · with bated breath · counting down
readily
Without delay or reluctance
quickly · unhesitatingly · without hesitation · obligingly · cooperatively · gamely · cheerfully · agreeably · voluntarily · freely
voraciously
With extreme hunger
- ravenouslyWith extreme hunger
- greedilyWith excessive wanting
- hungrilyWith strong appetite
rapaciously · insatiably · desperately · fiercely · urgently · intensely · obsessively · single-mindedly
eagerlyreluctantly
With obvious unwillingness
unwillingly · grudgingly · begrudgingly · halfheartedly · unenthusiastically
eagerlyapathetically
Without interest or emotion
listlessly · indifferently · passively · dispassionately · unemotionally
- eager beaverOverly enthusiastic person
- eager to please
- eager student