Eagerly (adv.) In a way that shows you want to do or have something very much, especially something truly interesting or enjoyable; in a keenly expectant or interested manner. The meaning of eager "full of keen desire" (early 14c.) seems to be peculiar to English. The English word kept a secondary meaning of "pungent, sharp-edged" till 19c. (as in Shakespeare's "The bitter clamour of two eager tongues," in "Richard II"). The "Adverbly" series celebrates the almighty modifier of verbs and adjectives. Here, "Eagerly" rises with detritus along the Jersey shore, a wildflower garden, felled trees, a wild mushroom, and curious textures gleaned from images in the public domain.