adverb and adjective
1. in excited readiness, expectation, or desire; in or into a state of great eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, suspense, or (in later use) astonishment.
Learn the difference between a man who flatters you and a man who compliments you. A man who spends money on you and a man who invests in you. A man who views you as property and a man who views you properly. A man agog and a man who loves you.
Synonym: anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenter hooks.
