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Synonyms for anxiously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : angk-shuhs, ang- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ- |
Top 10 synonyms for anxiously
- apprehensively
- circumspectly
- concernedly
- dependably
- exactly
- fastidiously
- gingerly
- guardedly
- heedfully
- honorably
- in detail
- laboriously
- meticulously
- particularly
- precisely
- providently
- prudently
- punctiliously
- regardfully
- reliably
- restlessly
- rigorously
- scrupulously
- solicitously
- thoroughly
- thoughtfully
- trustily
- uprightly
- vigilantly
- warily
- watchfully
- with forethought
- with reservations
Définition of anxiously
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.
- As in nervously : adv tensely
- As in carefully : adv cautiously; painstakingly
- Yet he was the boy to whom Mrs. Roberts' desires had gone out the most anxiously.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- The instant she was out of the room, Griggs turned to Garson anxiously.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "I hope you don't feel as if you must stay on," she said anxiously.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "Seems like he gets thinner every day," he commented, anxiously.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Heaven knows how anxiously I sought to fulfil that solemn vow!
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He was pulling Dick to his feet and examining him anxiously.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He watched her anxiously, quick to approve her merits as she displayed them.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "Would you mind telling us how you knew—" began Kirkwood anxiously.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- I thought of you so anxiously, and it appeared so long to morning.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- And then he added, anxiously, 'Yes; to keep her safe, that's all.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for anxiously
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