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UK
/ɛnθjˌuːzɪˈæstɪk/
]
[ US /ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk/ ]
[ US /ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or showing great excitement and interest
an enthusiastic response
enthusiastic crowds filled the streets
was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons
How To Use enthusiastic In A Sentence
- The ice is thick and he is a good deal less enthusiastic when the tip breaks through.
- Saxby Bridge has enthusiastically marketed all sorts of tax effective schemes involving things like tea trees, macadamias, wine and even online lingerie.
- Soon after, I became an enthusiastic convert to the right.
- It was really good fun and they were all keen sailors and enthusiastic. Times, Sunday Times
- You will soon have a thick, impenetrable hedge to enclose the fast-growing butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii (coppice it annually to promote flowers), or the heavenly blue blooms of enthusiastic ceanothus thrysiflorus.
- I was so enthusiastic about working out in the world again, doing something imaginative that empowered me. Mothers who Leave
- The same day's paper features a story "Is this a work of art or just any old iron?" about how the writer, broadcaster, doctor and polymath Sir Jonathan Miller asked a passing scrap metal merchant to remove a rusting bath from his front garden -- only to find his three metal sculptures had also been over-enthusiastically taken. Media
- A group of enthusiastic young inventors have seen their practical, bold and downright wacky ideas come to life, thanks to an inspiring project. Times, Sunday Times
- However ecstatic expression is performed, its most enthusiastic performance spontaneously tunes and readies us to experience the divine and encounter the mysterium tremendum. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
- We should therefore not be surprised that the twenties were an enthusiastic display of unchaperoned dating, provocative dress, and exhibitionist behavior.