enthusiasticadjective
uk/ɪnˌθjuː.ziˈæs.tɪk/us/ɪnˌθuː.ziˈæs.tɪk/B2 showing enthusiasm:
You don't seem very enthusiastic about the party - don't you want to go tonight?
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- Well, you could try to look a little more enthusiastic!
- They were tired, but not any less enthusiastic on that account.
- I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.
- Her proposals met with an enthusiastic response.
- Critics were uniformly enthusiastic about the production.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- float sb's boat idiom
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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enthusiastically
adverb uk/ɪnˌθjuː.ziˈæs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ɪnˌθuː.ziˈæs.tɪ.kəl.i/
Examples
- We all clapped his performance enthusiastically.
- When I suggested a walk, Elena nodded enthusiastically.
- The audience applauded enthusiastically, and she came back on stage to take another bow.
- The crowd were waving flags and enthusiastically singing patriotic songs.
- The children rushed in and surrounded the food enthusiastically.