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Recent Examples of excitedly
The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
In several photos Booker shared, he can be seen down on one knee asking the big question, with Lewis responding excitedly.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
Days before the kickoff of the football season, Hudson excitedly posted Belichick’s announcement that the UNC football team would be featured in a new Hulu docuseries.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hearing this, Hoang excitedly threw his hands up around his head.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
The pair, on the band's now-infamous jumbotron, waited excitedly as Martin addressed them.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
One of the children, Khalil Abu Shaban, traveled in a circle using his wheelchair and periodically sang into a microphone as the dozens who attended the Saturday celebration at Arab Chicago Farm in Frankfort excitedly clapped for him.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
In February, Metro officials excitedly announced that 2024 ridership was up 8% from 2023 ridership, bringing it back to the pre-pandemic level.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Alaina said excitedly, as the character popped up from behind the Opry podium.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
In several photos Booker shared, he can be seen down on one knee asking the big question, with Lewis responding excitedly.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
Days before the kickoff of the football season, Hudson excitedly posted Belichick’s announcement that the UNC football team would be featured in a new Hulu docuseries.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hearing this, Hoang excitedly threw his hands up around his head.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
The pair, on the band's now-infamous jumbotron, waited excitedly as Martin addressed them.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
One of the children, Khalil Abu Shaban, traveled in a circle using his wheelchair and periodically sang into a microphone as the dozens who attended the Saturday celebration at Arab Chicago Farm in Frankfort excitedly clapped for him.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
In February, Metro officials excitedly announced that 2024 ridership was up 8% from 2023 ridership, bringing it back to the pre-pandemic level.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Alaina said excitedly, as the character popped up from behind the Opry podium.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitedly
Adverb
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Nurse Mugun says people are eagerly awaiting the rollout.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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Bryce Eldridge's friends eagerly await his major league arrival to the Giants.—
David Driver,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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If the client or patient were being avidly enabled by a fellow human, a therapist would almost certainly want to find out why and how this occurs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Men in the imperial aristocracy also avidly read texts in Japanese, but nobody, male or female, bothered to retain for the historical record the actual name of The Tale of Genji’s author, even though she was recognized during her lifetime as a supremely skilled writer.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The first cohort of seniors to have contended — not always enthusiastically — with a digital society has reached the age when cognitive impairment becomes more common.—
Paul Spann,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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The area has enthusiastically welcomed not one, but two romance-fiction bookstores in the past few months.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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More Americans are keenly searching for ways to live abroad and how and where to obtain second passports, and Argentina is certainly one to watch.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Excitedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitedly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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