Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are ~ to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much.
Robert was ~ to talk about life in the Army...
When my own son was five years old, I became ~ for another baby...
The low prices still pull in crowds of ~ buyers.
= keen
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n
~ness
...an ~ness to learn.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you look or sound ~, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.
Arty sneered at the crowd of ~ faces around him...
Her voice was girlish and ~.
= excited
ADJ
~ly
‘So what do you think will happen?’ he asked ~ly.
ADV
~ness
...a woman speaking with breathless ~ness.
= excitement
N-UNCOUNT