excited
[ik-sahy-tid]
- stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.
- stimulated to activity; brisk: an excited buying and selling of stocks.
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Origin of excited
Synonyms
See more synonyms for excited on Thesaurus.com1. ruffled, discomposed, stormy, perturbed, impassioned. 2. eager, active, enthusiastic.
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Examples from the Web for excitedly
Contemporary Examples
Excitedly, this campaign worker told me that marriages were already occurring, as we spoke.
Hey, brother,” Red Dog asks Willie excitedly, “is that snow down there on them hills?
Watch the press roll over and carry on excitedly about how this is a new GOP.
At which point Michaeli jumped in and excitedly agreed that air conditioning—air conditioning!
They excitedly guided us to a bar, then to a club, then on a drunken tour of Málaga that ended at one of their apartments.
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March 25, 2013
Historical Examples
Excitedly Kirkwood touched the man's arm with a detaining hand.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Excitedly he commanded that the man be brought to him at once.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
When the suggestion is made they become irate, and excitedly ask, What could we do?
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
"There's a cab pulling up at the door," said Reg, excitedly.
Australia RevengedBoomerang
"And his head was not gone then," Mr. Burns assured me excitedly.
The Shadow-LineJoseph Conrad
excited
- emotionally aroused, esp to pleasure or agitation
- characterized by excitementan excited dance
- sexually aroused
- (of an atom, molecule, etc) occupying an energy level above the ground state
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Word Origin and History for excitedly
excited
adj.
1650s, "magnetically or electrically stimulated;" modern sense of "agitated" attested 1855; past participle adjective from excite. Related: Excitedly.
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