interested
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,284 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,336 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern an interested audienceinterested in sports
- involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in also: concerned a memorandum to those concernedan enterprise in which three men are concerned
interested 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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I felt interested in him, and asked him what he was.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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Yes, I'm getting considerable interested in Italy, so far as I've got.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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An operation in which he became interested early in 1869 turned out badly.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Arch had interested Colonel Pendleton in his "wild lands" at a horse sale in the Blue-grass.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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In 1679 he was a law-lecturer at Frankfort, where he became deeply interested in the teachings of Dr. Spener.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1