Happy
Keen
Keen adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.
Usage example: a keen hunger for fame and fortune in the fashion industry
Both words in one sentence
- The emotional counterpoint is especially useful for storytellers since it serves to show that the character(s) aren't walking bags of Angst, they can feel other emotions and the pain they feel now is all the more keen because they once were happy.
Source: Happy Flashback - The Master, rather keen on the Doctor's new Joanna Lumley-shaped body, is only too happy to step in.
Source: Jumping the Gender Barrier -
However, their rulers were keen to live as high of the hog as possible, and were therefore more than happy to rent their armies to foreign powers, particularly if they owed that power a favor.
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