IMPATIENTLY Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

impatiently

adverb

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

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While someone off-camera told the riders to keep their hands up and not close their eyes, RAYE excitedly raised her own hands into the air before nudging Jordan to do the same.

— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
The cast excitedly looked around the room, clearly expecting Minogue herself to join them.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

Definition of excitedly

Adverb

That has astronomers eagerly awaiting what can be seen as the shroud over the heart of the Milky Way gets at least partially lifted.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
New technology and a legacy of discovery Astronomers are already eagerly awaiting the astronomical discoveries that Roman and its ultra-sensitive infrared detectors will produce.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of eagerly

Adverb

So, while the others dither and hurriedly search for late additions, Arsenal have reinforced an already formidable base.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Smoke filled the inside of the shopping center as people hurriedly tried to leave, videos filmed at the scene show.

— Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurriedly

Adverb

Frankie impulsively breaks Taylor out of hospice care for one final night of fun and debauchery, but what promises to be a night of hedonism quickly becomes something much more complicated.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of impulsively

Adverb

Approximately 85 feet of 10-foot-tall sliding-glass doors open the great room to a broad porch, where roll-down screens allow the family to embrace indoor-outdoor living without quite so enthusiastically embracing the bugs that come with it.

— Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
While many were in Texas, Florida and other states that have enthusiastically cooperated with the crackdown, arrests increased across the country in July, even in states with laws seeking to limit ICE operations, such as New Jersey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of enthusiastically

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Witnesses said the Corvette was driving recklessly for more than an hour before the crash, including allegedly doing doughnuts.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
He was also found guilty in June of one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and driving or taking a vehicle without consent.

— City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

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