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# eagerly

adverb (eagerly)

«eagerly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#m1)
2. Keenly and with much interest: «We listened eagerly.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Stories use «eagerly» to show excitement: «She eagerly opened the present.» Alice eagerly follows the White Rabbit; the Mole eagerly learns about boats. Common phrases: «eagerly awaited», «eagerly waiting», «nodded eagerly».

### Examples

- The children eagerly waited for the bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x1)
- The puppy eagerly wagged its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x2)
- Alice ran eagerly after the White Rabbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x3)
- We eagerly opened the box of new books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x4)
- The film was eagerly awaited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x5)
- «Can I come?» asked the Mole eagerly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x6)
- “And back to Kansas?” she asked eagerly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x7)

### Note

From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).

## In Jewish tradition

Used for longing, as a worker for rest, and Hosea's call to try hard to know the LORD.

**Interpretation.** Hosea 6:3 is read as a call to repentance and to a close search for God.

### Examples

- As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eagerly/#x1)
- They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand. (Prophets HAB.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eagerly/#x2)
- And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' (Prophets HOS.6.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eagerly/#x3)

### Note

From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eagerly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «eagerly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eagerly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eagerly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/eagerly.html) on Mova free.