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# enthusiastically

«enthusiastically» in Mova's school dictionary: **If you do something enthusiastically, you do it with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (enthusiastically; more enthusiastically, most enthusiastically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) If you do something enthusiastically, you do it with excitement, eagerness and lots of energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#m1)

2) It can also mean warmly and strongly in favour: «The plan was enthusiastically received». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in reports, stories and descriptions to show how keenly someone acts: clapping, agreeing, joining in. In a school report: «She takes part enthusiastically in every lesson». Phrases: «nodded enthusiastically», «clapped enthusiastically», «enthusiastically welcomed».

### examples

- The children clapped enthusiastically after the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x1)
- He nodded enthusiastically when asked if he wanted cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x2)
- She takes part enthusiastically in every PE lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x3)
- The new playground was enthusiastically welcomed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x4)
- The dog wagged its tail enthusiastically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x5)
- They enthusiastically cleaned the beach all morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x6)
- Goll spoke to him across the table enthusiastically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: ends in -ically (enthusiastic + ally), not «enthusiasticly». Adjective: enthusiastic; noun: enthusiasm.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enthusiastically» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastically/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.