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
He comes across as an excitably inquisitive host, someone who selects his guests out of an affection for collision and conversation rather than ideological conformity.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2012
The man raised his voice, more excitably than angrily.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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