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单词 nervously
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nervouslyadv.

Brit. /ˈnəːvəsli/, U.S. /ˈnərvəsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nervous adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < nervous adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare French nerveusement (1583 in sense ‘forcibly’, 1836 with reference to the nervous system, 1857 in sense ‘convulsively’, 1859 in sense ‘impatiently’). Compare nervosely adv. at nervose adj. Derivatives.
1. With strength or vigour; forcibly. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb]
largec1405
sensibly?a1425
eloquently1471
fectuallyc1485
in largea1500
pithily1533
enforcingly1571
emphatically1577
nervously1641
sensible1659
nervosely1678
forcefullya1774
cogentlya1797
accentedly1856
tersely1874
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 156 S. Augustine nervously takes from them that glorious wreath.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlviii. 483 The Writer undertook to weigh and examine the Grounds and Reasons distinctly,..which he doth nervously.
1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 12 The true ground of fasting is very fully discovered and nervously expressed.
1800 Naval Chron. 4 227 The authors..have been..nervously concise.
1881 S. S. Laurie J. A. Comenius (1887) 105 Let all things be taught from the foundation, briefly and nervously.
2. With anxiety, timidity, or mental agitation; in an agitated or apprehensive manner.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb]
feverishly1678
tremulously1736
nervously1816
flutteringly1819
flurriedly1834
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adverb] > in a nervously agitated manner
nervously1816
twitchily1905
trepidly1911
the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in a nervous manner
nervously1816
nervily1911
1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi. 193 Mr Woodhouse..was now most nervously apprehensively happy in forestalling this too short visit. View more context for this quotation
a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 97 I was affected, sly, sullen, insolent, every thing but what I really was, nervously shy when noticed.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xliv. 205 He paused a few moments nervously.
1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iv. 352 Mr. Oakroyd grinned nervously.
1947 T. Williams Streetcar named Desire iv. 71 She presses her knuckles nervously to her lips.
1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre ii. 108 She was always nervously chewing, or sucking on a sweet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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