EAGERLY Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

eagerly

adverb

Definition of eagerly

as in excitedly

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Dissimilar Words

as in actively

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Recent Examples of eagerly With their next Paris Fashion Week show set for September, fashion connoisseurs are eagerly waiting to see what’s next. — Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 Georgia Tech fans eagerly awaiting the start of college football season should head to the annual First Saturday on the Flats for games, autographs and more. — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Kikuko had never before waited so eagerly for her father to return. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 As has become a tradition with all of her press tours, fans eagerly await each of her premiere looks to drop and Brand New Day was no different. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026 Families, long-time friends gather for Smashing Pumpkins Ahead of the set, Sam and Ben Lindstron, 8 and 11, sat playing cards, eagerly awaiting the Chicago native band. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026 Boxing enthusiasts eagerly await an explosive showdown as Lamont Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) battles William Zepeda (33-1, 27 KOs) for the vacant WBC lightweight championship. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Golf's media establishment mocked defectors as sellouts and eagerly counted down the days until LIV's collapse. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eagerly

Adverb

The cast excitedly looked around the room, clearly expecting Minogue herself to join them.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
On @costcohotfinds’ post, fans excitedly discussed the new drop.

— Molly Burford, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Definition of excitedly

Adverb

Unlike cameras, lidar actively measures distance, allowing vehicles to build a detailed depth map of the road ahead.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Prostate biopsies are lucrative for urologists, who can do them in their practice and therefore have an incentive to order them, and so is finding clinically insignificant cancers that can be actively monitored, potentially through further biopsies.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of actively

Adverb

Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.

— Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of lustily

Adverb

Loving something enthusiastically—a person, or an artist and their art—always risks embarrassment and the loss of dignity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Whether golfers and prospective homeowners embrace that vision as enthusiastically as investors have may ultimately determine whether the strategy succeeds.

— Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of enthusiastically

Adverb

Beltrán had the most vocal supporters on Sunday, though fans from his native Puerto Rico seemed to cheer more heartily than those from Kansas City, New York or his other teams.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 July 2026
As a whole, Indonesians—men and women, young and old—cherish children, and welcome them heartily.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026

Definition of heartily

Adverb

The taller daughter has earbuds plugged into her ears, impatiently tapping her lace-up boots.

— Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
As New York Knicks fans impatiently await Saturday evening, the hopes and dreams of millions have become fixed on one undeniable truth — the team is only one game away from winning an NBA championship.

— Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

Definition of impatiently

Adverb

The neon lights began to move about briskly, like gleaming whirligig beetles, and the lights on the advertising tower closest to the stadium flickered across the Squirrel-brand margarine ad.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
On Saturday morning, which coincided with Vroman’s summer sale, three separate registers had briskly moving lines of 15-20 people or more around the store.

— Erik Pedersen, Daily News, 28 July 2026