What does nervously mean?
Nervously means In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness..
He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.
Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.
She nervously undressed in the dancing beams of the Fidra lighthouse, giving it all away before it's too late
Use nervously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nervously means In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.
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