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Discover LudwigThe phrase "awfully eager" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is excessively enthusiastic or keen about something, often in a slightly negative or humorous way.
Example: "She was awfully eager to start the project, even before the details were finalized."
Alternatives: "extremely eager" or "overly eager".
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Officials have sounded awfully eager to taper.
The clear villain is the nervous, whiny Spill (Gary Littman), who seems awfully eager to encourage Washington's thoughts about turning back.
And if some of his cutthroat, cowboy image is hype -- he is awfully eager to talk about his old buddy Lee Atwater's profound influence on his life -- the least that can be said is that it's hype that has worked.
In fact, Joe actually cries at having to enlist, presumably over all the money it's going to cost him, or if not that, over the probability that his first wife will jump ship during his absence (she seems awfully eager for him to join), which will also cost him money and hurt his vanity as well.
Having hand puppets introduce each chapter of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner's life story is a little much and the filmmakers are awfully eager to forgive their subject anything, but THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (2000) is an impressive documentary as well as high camp.
In fact, Joe actually cries at having to enlist, presumably over all the money it's going to cost him, or if not that, over the probability that his first wife will jump ship during his absence (she seems awfully eager for him to join), which will also cost him money and hurt his vanity as well.
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This is all well and good — your dragons, your ramparts, your warging and fleets — but I'm eager to spend more time with Samwell Tarly in that gorgeous library at the Citadel, which looks awfully relaxing.
But at a festival where so many seemed eager to shake off the bad vibes of the past few days, Kids See Ghosts was making it awfully hard to feel a connection to the humans onstage.
Awfully quick.
Awfully wrong".
Awfully good.
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