Eager and Prone

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Eager adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.

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Prone and eager are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prone" instead an adjective "Eager".

Nearby Words: eagerness, eagerly

Prone adjective - Having a tendency to be or act in a certain way.

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Eager and prone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eager" instead an adjective "Prone".

Cavalry Officer: Captain Stokes (nicknamed Give-Em-Hell by the Colonials) is one; generally he's portrayed as very over-eager and prone to bluster and overestimating the capabilities of his forces, but he's also effective, with his cavalry managing to start the rout of an enemy army in Book Three.

Source: Literature / The Shadow Campaigns
Casey is more prone to violent, straightforward solutions and is eager for action; Sarah has a much healthier balance of killer instinct and spy stealth; and Chuck is the planner, who always prefers the least violent and most elaborate spy-type approach.

Source: Series / Chuck
However, he desperately wants to be a field agent — and when he's finally promoted, he's not entirely incompetent, but he is notably over-eager, naive, bumbling and prone to making a fool of himself.

Source: Modern Major General

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