adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈiɡɚli/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈiːɡəli/
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CMU ARPABET:IY1 G ER0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In an eager manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
with eagerness; in an eager manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the news was eagerly awaited
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thirstily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English egerly; equivalent to eager + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
gretig
— in an eager manner
Esperanto:
avide
— in an eager manner
Finnish:
hanakasti
— in an eager manner
Finnish:
innokkaasti
— in an eager manner
Finnish:
kärkkäästi
— in an eager manner
Finnish:
halukkaasti
— in an eager manner
French:
avidement
— in an eager manner
German:
eifrig
— in an eager manner
Hungarian:
mohón
— in an eager manner
Italian:
impazientemente
— in an eager manner
Latin:
certātim
— in an eager manner
Latin:
cupienter
— in an eager manner
Latin:
alacriter
— in an eager manner
Polish:
chętnie
— in an eager manner
Polish:
gorliwie
— in an eager manner
Polish:
niecierpliwie
— in an eager manner
Polish:
ochoczo
— in an eager manner
Polish:
skwapliwie
— in an eager manner
Polish:
z niecierpliwością
— in an eager manner
Polish:
z przejęciem
— in an eager manner
Polish:
z zapałem
— in an eager manner
Portuguese:
avidamente
— in an eager manner
Sanskrit:
सत्कृत्य
(satkṛtya)
— in an eager manner
Spanish:
ansiosamente
— in an eager manner
Swedish:
ivrigt
— in an eager manner
Ukrainian:
нетерпляче
(neterpljače)
— in an eager manner
Ukrainian:
з нетерпінням
(z neterpinnjam)
— in an eager manner