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[ adverb ] in an anxiously nervous manner

Examples

"we watched the stock market nervously"

Used in print

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

Then , quickly , and a_little nervously , the doctor ordered a_couple_of ballplayers to carry the catcher into the dressing_room .

Related terms

nervous edgy nervous

2
[ adverb ] with nervous excitement

Examples

"our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch"

Related terms

skittish skittish

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