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[ adjective ] having or showing great excitement and interest
Examples "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets" "an enthusiastic response" "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Robert_Snodgrass , state GOP chairman , said a meeting held Tuesday night in Blue_Ridge brought enthusiastic responses from the audience . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)An enthusiastic audience confirmed the `` live '' character of the hour , and provided the interaction between musician and hearer which almost always seems to improve the quality of performance . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)There followed a long and sometimes bitter discussion of the feasibility of elections for the fall of 1957 , in which it appears that the Minister_of_the_Interior took the most pessimistic view and that the Istiqlal was something less_than enthusiastic . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)All about me there was a hectic interplay of meetings taking_place , like abrupt , jerky scenes in old silent_movies , joyous greetings and beginnings , huggings and kissings , enthusiastic forays into the festive night . Related terms unenthusiastic avid glowing evangelical ardent overenthusiastic gung_ho crazy passionate spirited |
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[ adjective ] very positive
Examples "an enthusiastic response" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Some musicians were enthusiastic , some skeptical . Related terms |
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