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nervously, adv.|ˈnɜːvəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. With strength or vigour; forcibly.
1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 156 S. Augustine nervously takes from them that glorious wreath. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xlviii. 483 The Writer undertook to weigh and examine the Grounds and Reasons distinctly,..which he doth nervously. 1756W. Dodd Fasting (ed. 2) 12 The true ground of fasting is very fully discovered and nervously expressed. 1800Naval Chron. IV. 227 The authors..have been..nervously concise. 1884Laurie Comenius (1887) 105 Let all things be taught from the foundation, briefly and nervously.
2. With weakness or agitation of the nerves; in a nervous or excited manner.
1838Lytton Alice i. iii, Evelyn spoke quickly and nervously, and with quivering lips. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. 462 Cromwell..was waiting nervously at Greenwich for the result of the experiment. 1876Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 336 He paused a few moments nervously. |