Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: nervously
IPA transcription: [n'ɝvəsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: nervously
    Meaning: in an anxiously nervous manner; "we watched the stock market nervously"
  • Synonyms: nervously
    Meaning: with nervous excitement; "our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch"
Usage examples
  • The officer laughed nervously.
  • "Soon, soon," answered a soldier, nervously.
  • "Are you there?" whispered Mrs. Clear nervously.
  • She stood rigid, one foot beating nervously into the soft rug.
  • For perhaps a minute, I kept my glance about the room, nervously.
  • He, too, got to his feet and walked nervously up and down the room.
  • "I hope I'll get through with this all right," said Mrs. Clear nervously.
  • "I am so glad to have this chance of speaking to you," she began rather nervously.
  • And then--oh, Mr. Bell! now comes the bad part,' said she, nervously twining her fingers together.
  • Her eyes shifted their gaze away to her letter, and she picked it up and began to fold it nervously.