eagerly
part of speech
adverb (eagerly)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. tree →
2) Keenly and with much interest: «We listened eagerly.» tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for longing, as a worker for rest, and Hosea's call to try hard to know the LORD. Interpretation: Hosea 6:3 is read as a call to repentance and to a close search for God. In the primary lessons: Stories use «eagerly» to show excitement: «She eagerly opened the present.» Alice eagerly follows the White Rabbit; the Mole eagerly learns about boats. Common phrases: «eagerly awaited», «eagerly waiting», «nodded eagerly».
examples
- As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand. (Prophets HAB.1.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' (Prophets HOS.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children eagerly waited for the bell. tree →
- The puppy eagerly wagged its tail. tree →
- Alice ran eagerly after the White Rabbit. tree →
- We eagerly opened the box of new books. tree →
- The film was eagerly awaited. tree →
- «Can I come?» asked the Mole eagerly. tree →
- “And back to Kansas?” she asked eagerly. tree →
note
From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).
In the corpora
- As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
- The Mole climbed in eagerly; the Rat only snorted and stayed outside.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «eagerly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.