adj.
VERBS
▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪ become , get
▪
She got very ~ in politics.
▪ remain
▪ get sb
▪
We need to get more young people ~ in the sport.
▪ keep sb
▪
You need to keep your audience ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ deeply , especially , greatly , intensely , keenly , most , particularly , passionately , seriously , terribly
▪
If he's seriously ~ in applying for the job, he'll do it.
▪ genuinely , truly
▪ increasingly
▪ not at all , not in the least , not the least bit , not remotely
▪
He's not in the least ~ in girls.
▪ not much , not very , only half
▪
Carrie was only half ~ in the conversation.
▪ fairly , mildly , quite , vaguely
▪ just
▪
‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I'm just ~, that's all.’
▪ enough , sufficiently ( esp. BrE )
▪
I wasn't ~ enough in the argument to take sides one way or the other.
▪ chiefly , mainly , primarily
▪ long
▪
Michael had long been ~ in architecture.
▪ always
▪
I am always ~ in how differently people can look at the same event.
▪ still
▪ no longer
▪ potentially
▪ apparently , reportedly
▪ clearly , obviously
▪ actively
▪
As a landowner, he was actively ~ in agricultural improvements.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
She's always been ~ in other people.
Interested is used with these nouns: ↑ participant , ↑ party , ↑ reader , ↑ spectator