nervously

nerv-ous-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In a nervous manner; with anxiety, worry, or unease.

  2. 2.

    In a way that shows or reveals nervous tension.

Related words

Antonyms: calmly, composedly, confidently
See also: anxiously, nervous, uneasily
Synonyms: anxiously, apprehensively, tensely, uneasily

Etymology

From "nervous" + "-ly." The base word comes from Latin nervosus ("sinewy, vigorous"), from nervus ("sinew, nerve").