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1. eagerly
adverb. ['ˈiːgɝli'] with eagerness; in an eager manner.
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- eager (English)
- eger (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Eagerly
- ackerly
- baggerly
- beverly
- bitterly
- brierly
- brotherly
- byerly
- casserly
- caverly
- cheverly
- circularly
- cleverly
- coberly
- conerly
- connerly
- disorderly
- dubberly
- easterly
- eatherly
- eberly
How do you pronounce eagerly?
Pronounce eagerly as ˈigərli.
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Sentences with eagerly
1. Adverb
Most young people eagerly anticipate their 21st birthday as an important milestone that is deserving of a special celebration.
Quotes about eagerly
1. The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
2. I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
- Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy
3. Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
- Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion