adverb
definition
In an eager manner.
Examples of eagerly in a Sentence
The crowd moved eagerly from the balcony toward the porch.
The next moment two bees flew eagerly in.
This idea was eagerly received.
She turned, eagerly absorbing his information.
The whole household, as if to atone for not having done it sooner, set eagerly to work at the new task of placing the wounded in the carts.
She rolled over to face him, sliding eagerly into his embrace.
But the eagerly anticipated package was a gross disappointment.
She put down the geometry book and eagerly broke the seal of her letter.
Her tiny fingernails dug into his hand as she eagerly nursed.
Pierre kept saying as he leaned toward her with his whole body and eagerly listened to her story.
The next morning, after Cade left, she threw a roast in the oven and eagerly set to work on the family room.
Her dark eyes fixed on Carmen, eagerly waiting for the rest of the story.
The latter invited him to accompany him to Switzerland and Italy, a proposal which he eagerly accepted (1794) for the sake of the opportunity of furthering his studies in the fine arts.
His fingers dug into her breast as he eagerly nursed.
He drank it eagerly, looking with feverish eyes at the door in front of him as if trying to understand and remember something.
In spite of his nearly useless arm, he eagerly helped with the chores.
She dropped the package on the bed and eagerly tore back the brown paper wrapping.
I wonder if she remembers how eagerly and gladly they spread their wings and flew away.
Belliard began talking loudly and eagerly to the generals of the suite around him.
One day spent with the blind children made me feel thoroughly at home in my new environment, and I looked eagerly from one pleasant experience to another as the days flew swiftly by.
The energies flowing around her responded eagerly, and she molded and released them.
Taran threw himself into the fight eagerly and was pleased when Allin joined him at his side.
I thought then that I was "making up a story," as children say, and I eagerly sat down to write it before the ideas should slip from me.
The discoveries of Columbus awakened a spirit of enterprise in Spain which continued in full force for a century; adventurers flocked eagerly across the Atlantic, and discovery followed Sp aniards discovery in rapid succession.
Here I opened the bag, and she went through it eagerly, probably expecting to find something to eat.
They sat in a heavy flat-bottomed boat, each holding a long, crooked rod in his hands and eagerly waiting for "a bite."
Both were talking and listening too eagerly and too naturally, which was why Anna Pavlovna disapproved.
Wherever we go, she asks eagerly for the names of things she has not learned at home.
But it was eagerly taken up by the antiGustavian press, and popular suspicion was especially aroused by a fable called "The Foxes" directed against the Fersens, which appeared in Nya Posten.
Everyone waited, so emphatically and eagerly did he demand their attention to his story.
Grabbing an armful of the hay they had packed around the supplies in each wagon, she dropped it on the sand and the mules eagerly began devouring it.
The officers said that either Napoleon or Murat was there, and they all gazed eagerly at this little group of horsemen.
But it makes some difference to the future of a democratic state whether its leading men are eagerly on the look-out for something to revolutionize, or approach a constitutional change by the gradual processes of conviction and conversion.
The post of representative, and still more that of priest, was eagerly coveted and provided a scope for the ambitions which despotism usually crushes.
His miracles were reported and eagerly believed everywhere; " from Poland, Hamburg and Amsterdam treasures poured into his court; in the Levant young men and maidens prophesied before him; the Persian Jews refused to till the fields.
As usual, he ate and drank much, and eagerly.
The Rostovs' footman rushed eagerly forward to help him off with his cloak and take his hat and stick.
You won't feel the urge to step in on all the decision making if it's being done as part of a package while you're just eagerly awaiting the big day in another country.
Jews seem to have entered eagerly into the larger intellectual life of the last three centuries before the beginning of our era.
To many it has seemed a curious freak of Bruno's that he should have so eagerly adopted a view of thought like that of Lull, but in reality it is in strict accordance with the principles of his philosophy.
The idea of securing the Protestant succession by legitimizing Monmouth again took shape and was eagerly pressed on by Shaftesbury; at the time it seemed possible that success would wait on the audacity.
He learnt indeed on these lines eagerly wherever he could, and in learning imparted knowledge to others.
There was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasili and the eldest princess, who were sitting under the portrait of Catherine the Great and talking eagerly.
And not only was Napoleon not afraid to extend his line, but he welcomed every step forward as a triumph and did not seek battle as eagerly as in former campaigns, but very lazily.
Mademoiselle Bourienne jumped up eagerly.
A Visa Gift Purchasing Card is a prepaid card which most recipients will eagerly welcome.
I eagerly anticipated its arrival and when it finally did arrive, I was not disappointed.
Children who celebrate Christmas eagerly await this holiday every year.
Virgo brings this element to Pisces and can assist her in creating the kind of life she wants; one she'll eagerly share with Virgo.
When three years old he read eagerly such works as Rapin's History and began the study of Latin.