adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪ become , get , grow
▪ get sb , make sb
▪
Don't get the children too ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ all , highly , terribly , tremendously , wildly
▪
He was all ~ about his new car.
▪
By now the crowd was wildly ~.
▪ overly ( esp. AmE )
▪
Maura tried not to look overly ~.
▪ increasingly
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ strangely
▪ sexually
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
The kids seem pretty ~ about the holidays.
▪ at
▪
~ at the news
▪ by
▪
He was puzzled but strangely ~ by the commotion.
Excited is used with these nouns: ↑ anticipation , ↑ chatter , ↑ crowd , ↑ murmur , ↑ talk , ↑ voice , ↑ whisper