Antonyms for anxiously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : angk-shuhs, ang-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ-

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for anxiously

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