eager

IPA: ˈigɝ

Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
(computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
(dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
(obsolete, literal) Sharp; sour; acid.
(obsolete, figurative) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Examples of "eager" in Sentences

Only a certain eager alertness showed the delight he took in her presence.
Right wingers on the board again eager to turn America's children in to hamburger without so much as a thought.
Maeve had heard little past the word eager and then Lisa asking if they could leave early if they were finished.
"Under such circumstances, investors will likely remain eager to buy long-term JGBs for an extended period and the yields could extend declines," he added.
If you are in eager to relieve yourself but fail to find a toilet in Wuhan, Hubei, you can ask a special toilet guide to show you the way, the Changjiang Commercial News reported.
As a one-time chimp fondler myself, I started scratching under my arms and wolfing down bananas in eager anticipation of the DWTS results show (an unprecedented display of enthusiasm!).
Plucky Anna bounces back from her ordeal the next morning, so eager is she to get a Van Gogh back to the nice lady who deserves it, but a Romanian tycoon dispatches a tiny hit woman to steal the painting away.
So eager is the country to accommodate Mr. Bush that Parliament unanimously approved a bill last month allowing “American forces to engage in any kind of operation, including the use of force, in order to provide security for the president.”