anxious
eagerly desirous
How often you will meet it
Rank 928 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,834 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- eagerly desirous also: dying anxious to see the new show at the museumdying to hear who won
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety also: nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet spent an anxious night waiting for the test resultscast anxious glances behind her
anxious in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The new landlord was most anxious to take possession.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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But one look at Jim's anxious face recalled their circumstances.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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Diplomacy was not for Johnny McLean--he was much too anxious.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Graham's anxious demand was the first thing Bobby heard distinctly--the thing that warned him to remain secreted.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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My father talked to me, and seemed so anxious for me to go into business that I made no objection.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1