What does nervy mean?
Nervy means (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen..
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/ˈnɜː.vi/ · adjective
(US) Having nerve; bold; brazen..
It takes a nervy man to promulgate such stuff, and Ted Nelson has made a career out of being nervy.
Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.
She has been asked on a date to see The Barber of Seville in the company of society’s wealthiest and most eligible bachelor, the Hon Jeremy Malcolm (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) who is bored by her nervy and untutored chatter.
And, for those simple times, his garments were / A chieftain-king's: beneath his breast, half bare, / Was hung a silver bugle, and between / His nervy knees there lay a boar-spear keen […]
Use nervy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nervy means (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen..
Common synonyms include restive, jittery, bold, tense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It takes a nervy man to promulgate such stuff, and Ted Nelson has made a career out of being nervy.
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