Literary notes about enthusiastic (AI summary)
In literature, the term "enthusiastic" is often employed to evoke a sense of passionate energy and vivid emotional commitment. It can describe a character’s sparkling demeanor, as when a face is depicted as brimming with enthusiasm ([1]), or convey an individual's vigorous interest in simple pursuits, like that of an avid gardener ([2]). The word also underscores the fervor of public life and collective gatherings, seen in lively crowds and impassioned speeches ([3], [4]), while at times hinting at a more reflective zeal in pursuits of knowledge or creative expression ([5], [6]). Whether illustrating a burst of spontaneous admiration ([7]) or charting the energetic spirit that underlies social and political movements ([8], [9]), "enthusiastic" encapsulates both an inner ardor and its outward manifestation in a variety of contexts.
- Her husband, delighted, gazed tenderly at her enthusiastic face, listened, and from time to time put in a question.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Lady Belinda is an enthusiastic gardener.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - Everywhere she addressed immense and enthusiastic crowds.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - Just then, the door opened suddenly, and Monsieur Tournevau came in, and was greeted with enthusiastic cries of “Long live Tournevau!”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - The enthusiastic physician described his journeyings and difficulties faithfully in a paper published at Helsingfors in Swedish in 1834.
— from Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete - Our great poet, Mr. Browning, author of 'Paracelsus,' &c., is enthusiastic in his admiration of the rhythm."
— from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - It seemed as though no one could take his eyes off her for fear of missing that rare moment in her enthusiastic face.
— from White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - In this enthusiastic spirit, I dropped into the ranks of freedom’s friends, and went forth to the battle.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass - In this way it managed to bring timorous folk over to its side—the most enthusiastic adherents of a new faith!
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche