eagerness

[ee-ger-nis]

noun

1. in an earnest, ardent, or eager way; keenness.

   The professor’s love for the topic, and her eagerness to share it with others, comes across in every word of every lecture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eagerness¹

eager ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

But Hubbard said he felt Maverick’s eagerness to live.

From Los Angeles Times

But all the Cambodian officials we met stressed their eagerness to end the conflict and restore relations with their larger neighbour.

From BBC

Inside Superchief Gallery, murmurs of excitement and eagerness filled the air.

From Los Angeles Times

Sabalenka's passion and desperation to win has often erupted into frustration and fury, while her eagerness to overpower her opponents can cause her to become error-strewn.

From BBC

A director of national intelligence who’s shown no great abundance of that quality but, rather, an eagerness to twist and bend facts like a coat hanger, serving whatever cockamamie claim the president burps up.

From Los Angeles Times

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