VERBS
appear, be, look, seem, sound | become
ADV
only too, really, very
She was really eager to start her new job on Monday morning.
increasingly | quite
PREP
for
The children were eager for the summer holidays to finally arrive.
adj
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
The hounds were eager in the chase.
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
an eager algorithm
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
Sharp; sour; acid.
like eager droppings into milk
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words.
It is a nipping and an eager air.
verb
To be or become eager.
Now everybody considered it a high privilege (valued it at a high consideration) to see him and to hear him speak, and to obey his command (him commanding), whereas he, though being such a person, eagered to be unknown, and to escape notice in solitude.
Our spirits fret and chafe like sea waves on the rocks eagering to climb the shore.
To express eagerness.
His hair crinkled towards her fondly. "Yes," he eagered.
Peg! eager voices eagered voicely.
To make or encourage to be eager
Physicians also admit to eagering patients to turn to specialised web sites in order to read further.
But they only eagered him to be off .
noun
Alternative form of eagre (“tidal bor”).
One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner
PULASKI: I am unfamiliar with this symbol. DATA: It indicates a genetically engineered biological life-form. PULASKI: About twenty percent of the specimens fall into that category.
Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
WiktionaryThe hounds were eager in the chase.
WiktionaryI was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.
WiktionaryNow everybody considered it a high privilege (valued it at a high consideration) to see him and to hear him speak, and to obey his command (him commanding), whereas he, though being such a person, eag
WiktionaryOur spirits fret and chafe like sea waves on the rocks eagering to climb the shore.
WiktionaryThe buggy jolted on, the stout, wellkept team eagering, homing, barning.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, eager is marked as dated, obsolete, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.