Nervously

Word NERVOUSLY
Character 9
Hyphenation nerv ous ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Nervously"

What do we mean by nervously?

In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.

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The word "nervously" in example sentences

In the big spotted cats he recognized the hereditary enemy, and, even before he was thrust into the cage, his neck was all a-prickle as the skin nervously tightened and the hair uprose stiff-ended. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His eyes shift nervously from the stacks of money to the notebook and back to the telephone as he sucks on his cigarette, waiting for someone to pick up. ❋ Nathreee (2008)

Last annoyance: kevin nervously and unconsciously jingling the cat toy with the bell when there was no at in the room. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The turbulent markets, together with fears about Y2K, created endless months of uncertainty forcing some investors to watch nervously from the sidelines. ❋ Unknown (2000)

She called nervously to Zena and began to investigate a smaller opening at the other end of the rock pile. ❋ Joan Dahr Lambert (1997)

When he had gone she called nervously for her maid. ❋ Katharine Newlin Burt (1929)

To make the comparison at all was, for Maggie, to return to it often, to brood upon it, to extract from it the last dregs of its interest -- to play with it, in short, nervously, vaguely, incessantly, as she might have played with a medallion containing on either side a cherished little portrait and suspended round her neck by a gold chain of a firm fineness that no effort would ever snap. ❋ Henry James (1879)

The near approach of this long voyage, and the prospect of unknown trials and hardships to be endured for I know not how long, overwhelmed me at the last moment; and the remembrance of dear friends left behind, whom I never more might return to see, made me shrink most nervously from the new life on which I was to embark. ❋ Unknown (1856)

I mean, I haven’t changed much: the act of shopping for books, browsing real shelves for a find, then splurging nervously, is deeply satisfying. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Czisman had never drunk from the mug of water Cage had placed in front of him but he did clutch it nervously, which is what everyone did when they sat in FBI interrogation rooms. ❋ JEFFERY DEAVER (2003)

Willow didn't flinch when Crystal spoke her name and nervously met her eyes. ❋ Diana G. Gallagher (2001)

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