overeager
adjective
over·ea·ger
ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər
: excessively eager
an overeager look in her eyes
… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …—Joe Coscarelli
During the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.—Lora J. Finnegan
overeagerly
adverb
… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness …
—Mark Shenton
overeagerness
noun
What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue …
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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