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Recent Examples of excitedly
Starla, a young boxer that had been excitedly jumping on the visitors, seemed to sense that something serious was happening.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Hendrickson spoke excitedly about the opportunity to play with quarterback Lamar Jackson rather than chase him.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Posing for pictures and excitedly showing off their products — dead and alive — these vendors were a 180 of what visitors often experience at such places.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
When teammates Derek Dixon and Jarin Stevenson dove on the floor for a loose ball and drew a first-half foul, Wilson was excitedly yelling and pointing with his left hand.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Cooper’s big brother yelled excitedly when first responders arrived at the Vetta Sports Soccerdome in Webster Groves.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The five-bedroom, five-bathroom pad is a remodeled Mediterranean-style mansion that Zendaya excitedly showed off on her Instagram account.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 2 Mar. 2026
In the run-up to the 2026 Brit Awards being staged outside of London for the first time ever, a local Manchester train station excitedly changed its name, from Deansgate to Olivia Deansgate.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
Pups lick clean their pup cups Video above, shared by Saraceno, showed the pups excitedly digging into their cups and jumping up with joy.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Hendrickson spoke excitedly about the opportunity to play with quarterback Lamar Jackson rather than chase him.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Posing for pictures and excitedly showing off their products — dead and alive — these vendors were a 180 of what visitors often experience at such places.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
When teammates Derek Dixon and Jarin Stevenson dove on the floor for a loose ball and drew a first-half foul, Wilson was excitedly yelling and pointing with his left hand.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Cooper’s big brother yelled excitedly when first responders arrived at the Vetta Sports Soccerdome in Webster Groves.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The five-bedroom, five-bathroom pad is a remodeled Mediterranean-style mansion that Zendaya excitedly showed off on her Instagram account.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 2 Mar. 2026
In the run-up to the 2026 Brit Awards being staged outside of London for the first time ever, a local Manchester train station excitedly changed its name, from Deansgate to Olivia Deansgate.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
Pups lick clean their pup cups Video above, shared by Saraceno, showed the pups excitedly digging into their cups and jumping up with joy.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitedly
Adverb
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Straight men are just catching up, vanity-wise, and political opportunists have eagerly fed into their insecurities.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Nearly everyone in the building is either thinking about ordering it, eagerly waiting for its arrival or in the process of eating it.—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This was just as the Watergate era took hold and the Washington Post was becoming the most important and avidly read paper on earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yet years spent avidly collecting the pieces naturally left a mark in his approach.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Opening the program with Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra, Sułkowska-Migon spoke enthusiastically about her fellow countrywoman.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Evangelical churches and commentators enthusiastically promoted the narrative.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Levine and Katz behave believably like brothers, impatiently sparring with each other.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The ensemble is using Paul Schmidt’s 1997 translation and proving — with each deeply felt and keenly considered interaction — just how much juice is in it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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For some time, scientists have been keenly searching for evidence of what this type of event might be.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Excitedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitedly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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