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as in excitedly
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as in impetuously
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatiently
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The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
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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
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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
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Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.—
Maren Longbella,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another photo shows Brown looking back while hurriedly carrying two bags through airport security.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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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
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But there’s a tendency to do things impulsively, too quickly, without planning.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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His nemesis, who impulsively decides to run against him, is the town’s sheriff, Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix), who is skeptical of masking.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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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
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He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Huger was ultimately charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Set Rules For Micro-Interventions Of course, even a strategy like this, with ample scientific support, can backfire if it’s implemented thoughtlessly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Impatiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatiently. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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