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overeagerly

/ˈoʊvɝˌiɡɝli/ adv

In an overeager manner.

Word Origin Overeagerly combines over- (excessively) with eager, which comes from Old French 'aigre' (keen, sharp) from Latin 'acer' (sharp, pungent). So it's doing something with excessive keenness. The over- prefix appears in many words like overact and overdo, all suggesting too much of something. Eager itself shares a root with vinegar (literally 'sharp wine')—that sharpness of enthusiasm.

adv In an overeager manner.

He overeagerly accepted the job offer without reading the contract details.

(副词) 过于急切地；操之过急地；急不可待地

他过于急切地接受了工作邀请，甚至没有阅读合同细节。

(adverbio) De manera excesivamente entusiasta o ansiosa.

Aceptó con demasiado entusiasmo la oferta de trabajo sin leer los detalles del contrato.

(adverbe) avec trop d'empressement; avec un empressement excessif; avec une hâte excessive; trop ardemment [D'une manière excessivement empressée, au-delà du raisonnable.]

Il a accepté overeagerly l'offre d'emploi sans lire les détails du contrat.

(Adverb) überstürzt; übereifrig; voreilig [Auf eine übermäßig eifrige oder ungeduldige Weise.]

Er nahm das Jobangebot **overeagerly** an, ohne die Vertragsdetails zu lesen.

(副詞) 過度に熱心に、性急に。

彼は契約書の詳細を読まずに、過度に熱心にその仕事を引き受けた。

(advérbio) precipitadamente; ansiosamente; com demasiada ansiedade [De modo excessivamente ansioso; ansiosamente demais.]

Ele aceitou a oferta de emprego de forma excessivamente ansiosa, sem ler os detalhes do contrato.

Synonyms: overenthusiastically too eagerly impatiently zealously excessively keen Antonyms: apathetically indifferently halfheartedly listlessly

Related words

eagerness edgy

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