different between enthusiasm vs pressingly

English

Etymology

First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (enthousiasmós), from ?? (en, “in”) + ???? (theós, “god”) + ????? (ousía, “essence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??ju?z?æz(?)m/, /?n-/
• (yod dropping) IPA^(key): /-?u?-/

Noun

enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)

1. (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
2. Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

3. Something in which one is keenly interested.
   • 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)

     My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.

Related terms

• enthuse
• enthusiast
• enthusiastic
• enthusiastically

Translations

Anagrams

• Shunamites

English

Etymology

pressing +? -ly

Adverb

pressingly (comparative more pressingly, superlative most pressingly)

1. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
   • 1998, Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone, p.310

     I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.

2. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.

   Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?

3. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
   • 2001, April 10, Gillian Healey in The Guardian, Managing to cope

     In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.

Synonyms

(urgency):

• urgently

(important):

• importantly

(enthusiasm):

• persistently
• persuasively
• enthusiastically

Antonyms

• apathetically
• half-heartedly