nervously

Her approach to “Godot” doesn’t suppress the comedy, but it doesn’t nervously chase after laughs either, as some productions are tempted to do out of fear of losing impatient theatergoers.

It’s also why Ukraine is nervously waiting to see how US President-elect Trump will approach the war when he re-enters office.

I thought back nervously to the many night hikes I’d taken there.

Too quickly, too nervously, I thought—the opposite of the way Fleischer seemed to take his time over words, to maintain direct eye contact.

Andriy and his fellow Ukrainians are nervously awaiting the US vote on 5 November.