adv

nervously

adv

In a way that shows anxiety or unease.

"She nervously tapped her pen while waiting for the results."

"He nervously cleared his throat before the interview."

How to Use Nervously

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishDescribes doing something while feeling anxious or on edge.

more nervously comparative, most nervously superlative

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She _____ tapped her pen while waiting for the results.

From nervous + the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

famously anxiously seriously obviously curiously furiously viciously jealously hideously previously vigorously cautiously