The committee eagerly welcomed her as chairperson.
Source: tatoeba (28241)
Eagerly
//ˈiɡɚli//
Synonyms for "eagerly" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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Translations
29 translations across 14 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- gretig adv (in an eager manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- avide adv (in an eager manner)
Finnish
4 entries- halukkaasti adv (in an eager manner)
- hanakasti adv (in an eager manner)
- innokkaasti adv (in an eager manner)
- kärkkäästi adv (in an eager manner)
French
1 entries- avidement adv (in an eager manner)
German
1 entries- eifrig adv (in an eager manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- mohón adv (in an eager manner)
Italian
1 entries- impazientemente adv (in an eager manner)
Latin
3 entries- alacriter adv (in an eager manner)
- certātim adv (in an eager manner)
- cupienter adv (in an eager manner)
Polish
4 entries- chętnie adv (in an eager manner)
- gorliwie adv (in an eager manner)
- niecierpliwie adv (in an eager manner)
- ochoczo adv (in an eager manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- avidamente adv (in an eager manner)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सत्कृत्य adv (in an eager manner)
Spanish
1 entries- ansiosamente adv (in an eager manner)
Swedish
1 entries- ivrigt adv (in an eager manner)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жадібно adv (in an eager manner)
- з нетерпінням adv (in an eager manner)
- нетерпляче adv (in an eager manner)
- палко adv (in an eager manner)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Beth was committed to Chris and eagerly accepted.
Source: tatoeba (34005)
Admission to the club is eagerly sought.
Source: tatoeba (50528)
The dog wagged its tail eagerly.
Source: tatoeba (239214)
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