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eagerness
Part of speech: NounEarnestness; ardour of inclination.
Usage examples "eagerness":- What did surprise them was the eagerness with which the people seized upon the book, and its effect upon them. - "Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America", Edmund Burke.
- There was nothing to alarm me save my own eagerness. - "The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete", George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009.
- A strange eagerness was in Houston's eyes. - "The White Desert", Courtney Ryley Cooper.