"nervously" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈnɜː.vəs.li/ [UK], /ˈnɝː.vəs.li/ [US] Forms: nervously [positive], more nervously [comparative], Superlativemost nervously
Etymology: nervous + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|nervous|ly}} nervous + -ly Head templates: {{adverb|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are acting or doing something nervously, you are showing that you are worried and anxious.
    Sense id: simple-nervously-en-adv-3~uXlvcc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs, Terms suffixed with -ly
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