释义 |
ˈanxiously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an anxious manner, with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
1673Lady's Call. i. v. §45 To be very anxiously careful about her garments. a1700Dryden Imit. Horace, Thou..what the Gallic arms will do, Art anxiously inquisitive to know. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 233 Never was a history more anxiously expected. 1875Howells Foregone Concl. 1 He peered anxiously about him. |