enthusiastically
adverb
with lively interest or enthusiasm; eagerly; ardently or passionately.
overenthusiastically
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a word derived from
enthusiastically.
Example Sentences
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Inflammation helps the body protect itself against invaders, but it can be a major problem when triggered inappropriately or overenthusiastically, and aging has been linked to chronic inflammation in humans.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
And yet, as is the case in Silicon Valley, small victories are often overenthusiastically celebrated as evidence of larger change.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
“We as artists should be jumping in with both feet,” she said, “sometimes brilliantly, sometimes stupidly, sometimes overenthusiastically — responding to it and not retreating from it.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2010
When the Bed ouins overenthusiastically roared anti-Nasser slogans, Hussein stopped them with an angry gesture, offering conciliation to Nasser with the words "Jordan is the heart of the Arab homeland and seeks Arab unity."
From Time Magazine Archive
