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eagerness Definition


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eager
adj
    1. Feeling or showing great desire or enthusiasm; keen to do or get something.
      Thesaurus: enthusiastic, earnest, longing, yearning, fervent, impatient, hungry, raring; Antonym: apathetic.
      Form: eager for something (often)
      Form: eager to do something
    2. Excited by desire or expectancy.
      Example: an eager glance
Derivative: eagerly
adverb
    Derivative: eagerness
    noun
      Etymology: 13c: from French aigre.



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