enthusiastically

adverb

In an enthusiastic manner.

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Meanings

adverbenthusiastically (comparative more enthusiastically, superlative most enthusiastically)

comparative more enthusiastically · superlative most enthusiastically

  1. In an enthusiastic manner.

    The new sea wall may stop the waves from the sea, but not from the children who enthusiastically greet our train as it passes. It's great to see this ages-old habit is still going strong.

    2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65
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    When God presented Lilith to Adam, Adam was overjoyed and enthusiastically set her on the ground and tried to mount her after the fashion of the animals; but Lilith protested and said: "Why should I be on the bottom and you on the top?"

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 16

    The further right or left you go, the more likely you are to eventually come around to hating Jews. On the left, this is plain to see. From the Corbyn-era trend to attack Israel for all the world's sins, to the self-hating asaJews that tweeted enthusiastically about October 7 being a 'day of celebration' to previously vanilla comedian Reginald Hunter retweeting posts about the evils of the Talmud.

    2024 August 19, Josh Kaplan, “Why are Jews expected to put up with rampant social media antisemitism?”, in The Jewish Chronicle, London: Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwith enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner

adverbin a lavish or enthusiastic manner

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Translations

Afrikaans entoesiasties
  • entoesiastiesin an enthusiastic manner
Catalan entusiàsticament
  • entusiàsticamentin an enthusiastic manner
Chinese Mandarin 熱心地 /热心地, 狂熱地 /狂热地
  • 熱心地 /热心地 (rèxīn de)in an enthusiastic manner
  • 狂熱地 /狂热地 (kuángrè de)in an enthusiastic manner
Czech nadšeně
  • nadšeněin an enthusiastic manner
Dutch enthousiast
  • enthousiastin an enthusiastic manner
Esperanto entuziasme
  • entuziasmein an enthusiastic manner
Finnish innostuneesti, innoissaan
  • innostuneestiin an enthusiastic manner
  • innoissaanin an enthusiastic manner
French avec enthousiasme
  • avec enthousiasmein an enthusiastic manner
German enthusiastisch
  • enthusiastischin an enthusiastic manner
Hungarian lelkesen
  • lelkesenin an enthusiastic manner
Italian entusiasticamente
  • entusiasticamentein an enthusiastic manner
Polish entuzjastycznie
  • entuzjastyczniein an enthusiastic manner
Portuguese entusiasticamente
  • entusiasticamentein an enthusiastic manner
Russian с энтузиа́змом
  • с энтузиа́змом (s entuziázmom)in an enthusiastic manner
Spanish con entusiasmo
  • con entusiasmoin an enthusiastic manner
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APA

enthusiastically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enthusiastically

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“enthusiastically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enthusiastically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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