excitably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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One moment stood out - when he crouched down to excitably stress a point to substitute Boubacar Kamara as he was coming on.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025
“Tom shoots guns” became an excitably whispered phrase among friends in L.A.’s local music scene, Nguyen said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
It is, as Nayman writes, “a movie whose aesthetic is defined simultaneously by size, rhythm, and duration — beyond-the-frame production design; excitably accelerated montage; elongated tracking shots calling attention to their own athletic stamina.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2020
Can’t you see how an unemployed consultant needing a paycheck might excitably pitch it to Patrick?
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2019
"Now, young man, what do you mean by making such a disturbance?" demanded Mr. Piper, excitably.
From Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant by Alger, Horatio
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