ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nervously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Nervously is an adverb meaning In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.

Meaning

In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.

Example Sentences

He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.
She nervously undressed in the dancing beams of the Fidra lighthouse, giving it all away before it's too late
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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jitterily, apprehensively, worriedly, restlessly, anxiously, tensely.

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