as in excitedly
in an enthusiastic manner
sportswriters have praised this new pitching find so enthusiastically you'd think he's going to pitch nothing but no-hitters
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Recent Examples of enthusiastically
When—and why—laughter works In the study, Sezer and her colleagues ran six experiments involving more than 3,000 participants who read about other people’s embarrassing mishaps, like dramatically knocking over a glass in a restaurant or enthusiastically waving at the wrong person.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
The problem with polls The consensus view among observers is that a small minority of Russians oppose the war, a slightly larger minority enthusiastically support the war, and the majority passively go along with what the state is doing.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2026
During a Sierra winter that brought too few powder days, the storm was welcomed enthusiastically.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Even Chicago mayor Harold Washington, until recently a rival, has now enthusiastically endorsed him.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Over the next decade and a half, political leaders enthusiastically embraced the idea, adopting behavioral-science solutions to far-reaching public-policy problems.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Here’s a look at the titles that had listeners reluctantly pressing pause and enthusiastically recommending them.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Most people envision university trustees faithfully and enthusiastically attending college football games rather than being political footballs themselves.
—Armand Alacbay, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
The program has a high adoption rate, Freeman says, partly because that nurse is enthusiastically training her peers.
—Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
The problem with polls The consensus view among observers is that a small minority of Russians oppose the war, a slightly larger minority enthusiastically support the war, and the majority passively go along with what the state is doing.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2026
During a Sierra winter that brought too few powder days, the storm was welcomed enthusiastically.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Even Chicago mayor Harold Washington, until recently a rival, has now enthusiastically endorsed him.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Over the next decade and a half, political leaders enthusiastically embraced the idea, adopting behavioral-science solutions to far-reaching public-policy problems.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Here’s a look at the titles that had listeners reluctantly pressing pause and enthusiastically recommending them.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Most people envision university trustees faithfully and enthusiastically attending college football games rather than being political footballs themselves.
—Armand Alacbay, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
The program has a high adoption rate, Freeman says, partly because that nurse is enthusiastically training her peers.
—Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthusiastically
Adverb
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Ning could be seen jumping up excitedly from the sidelines once Stolz crossed the finish line.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Brian Wilson was back, as the promotional campaign around 15 Big Ones excitedly proclaimed, and that meant the rockin’ good times were here to stay.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
14 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Indeed, some of them eagerly anticipate a flood of new, young people.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Paak eagerly transitioned to Hollywood multihyphenate for the project.—
Kevin Polowy,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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For his part, and most fittingly, Valentino creative director Michele will be planting the exuberantly luxe Valentino standard yet again in Paris, January 26-29, at Valentino’s beloved Haute Couture fashion week.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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No romance is in the offing between the two — Dan is straight and Tamma is exuberantly profane about being gay — so their bond is built almost entirely around climbing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Enthusiastically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthusiastically. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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