impatiently

adverb

1
as in excitedly

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as in impetuously

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Recent Examples of impatiently 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 And there’s nothing more excruciating than sweating bullets while impatiently waiting for the machine to lock up, signaling the ice cream is ready to eat. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 May 2026 Both Donald and Si attended Syracuse University for a while but leaped impatiently into the family business well before graduation. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 29 May 2026 All four keep impatiently cutting each other off, snatching the phone back and forth. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 May 2026 Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 Drivers have been patiently and impatiently waiting to race again. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026 With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatiently
  1. excitedly
  2. impetuously
  3. eagerly
  4. hurriedly
  5. avidly
  6. impulsively
  7. enthusiastically
  8. recklessly
Adverb
  • Nick excitedly waits for him at the train station, and takes him to meet his new friends.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 17 July 2026
  • After England’s Anthony Gordon scored a goal in the 54th minute of their semifinal match against Lionel Messi and Argentina, David, 51, was seen excitedly cheering from his suite at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 15.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of excitedly
Adverb
  • Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.
    — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of impetuously
Adverb
  • Still, scientists had been eagerly awaiting details about how much that twice-a-year spinal shot really helped.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Laura stepped right into her body, felt a small resistance and then the give as the rival slithered, eagerly, into the air.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of eagerly
Adverb
  • Mediators of the deal, led by Pakistan and Qatar, will almost certainly now be hurriedly trying to get the agreement back on the rails.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Was the hurriedly outfitted 747 more vulnerable to threats from Iran, which shares a border with Turkey, and which Trump had just threatened to strike again?
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Definition of hurriedly
Adverb
  • The couple were deeply involved in literary circles, collected books avidly, read voraciously as well as penning various works.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Yet years spent avidly collecting the pieces naturally left a mark in his approach.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of avidly
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  • After midnight may be becoming the new prime time for online shopping, especially for Gen Zers, who impulsively overspend during those hours more than any other age groups, a new survey showed.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • The two were married twice — the second time officially in a Los Angeles courthouse, the first time impulsively (and unofficially) in a tiny Las Vegas ceremony, which had only cost them $799, per Cosmopolitan.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
Definition of impulsively
Adverb
  • But more recently, they have been enthusiastically adopted by the longevity community.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Mamdani enthusiastically supported an earlier, more costly version of the bill on the campaign trail, but has since changed his tune in office.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of enthusiastically
Adverb
  • Flying an unmanned aircraft system carelessly or recklessly, interfering with a first responder operation, is also a misdemeanor under state law and San Diego municipal code.
    — Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Long before the Ingalls family arrived in Kansas, the Osage people bore the brunt of white settlers recklessly seizing their land without consultation.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of recklessly

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“Impatiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatiently. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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