Definition & Meaning of "nervously"in English

nervously

in a way that shows signs of fear, worry, or anxiety

anxiously

apprehensively

fearfully

Grammatical Information

Examples

She glanced nervously at the clock, waiting for the interview to begin.

1.1

with a kind of excited tension that causes jittery or jumpy behavior

nervously

anxiously

Examples

The children giggled nervously before jumping into the pool.

Lexical Tree

nervously

nervous

nerve

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