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Synonyms for nervously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : nur-vuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɜr vəs |
Définition of nervously
Origin :- c.1400, "affecting the sinews," from Latin nervosus "sinewy, vigorous," from nervus "sinew, nerve" (see nerve). Meaning "of or belonging to the nerves" in the modern sense is from 1660s. Meaning "suffering disorder of the nervous system" is from 1734; illogical sense "restless, agitated, lacking nerve" is 1740. Widespread popular use as a euphemism for mental forced the medical community to coin neurological to replace it in the older sense. Nervous wreck first attested 1862. Related: Nervously; nervousness.
- adv tensely
- Then as the two became accustomed to the light, I saw what I had nervously expected.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Evelyn spoke quickly and nervously, and with quivering lips.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Molly nervously joined her, and addressed her, once or twice, in a whisper.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- Relieved of this weight, Little Dorrit was nervously anxious to be gone.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Her hands were then nervously clasping together, but he took one of them.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- "Maybe I oughtn't to have let them go," she returned, nervously.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- She closed her eyes and clutched me nervously, but was quite brave.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "I—that demijohn that you took last night," began the Briton nervously.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Nervously I kept to a post at one of my windows where I could survey the street.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Sydney Barnes smiled, and left off nervously tugging at his moustache.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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