- interested
- adj.VERBS▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound▪ become, get▪
She got very interested in politics.
▪ remain▪ get sb▪We need to get more young people interested in the sport.
▪ keep sb▪You need to keep your audience interested.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ deeply, especially, greatly, intensely, keenly, most, particularly, passionately, seriously, terribly▪If he's seriously interested in applying for the job, he'll do it.
▪ genuinely, truly▪ increasingly▪ not at all, not in the least, not the least bit, not remotely▪He's not in the least interested in girls.
▪ not much, not very, only half▪Carrie was only half interested in the conversation.
▪ fairly, mildly, quite, vaguely▪ just▪‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I'm just interested, that's all.’
▪ enough, sufficiently (esp. BrE)▪I wasn't interested enough in the argument to take sides one way or the other.
▪ chiefly, mainly, primarily▪ long▪Michael had long been interested in architecture.
▪ always▪I am always interested in how differently people can look at the same event.
▪ still▪ no longer▪ potentially▪ apparently, reportedly▪ clearly, obviously▪ actively▪As a landowner, he was actively interested in agricultural improvements.
PREPOSITION▪ in▪She's always been interested in other people.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
