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nervously
adverb as in tensely
Strongest matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
George took his acoustic guitar and began showing me the chord changes, which I nervously wrote out on a chord chart.
She had watched the movie nervously for the first time that afternoon, worried that it would spark memories she had buried.
Moments before he begins to rap, his eyes dart nervously around.
“Mr. Richardson just dropped his pressure,” he said nervously about the brain-damaged patient in the CCU.
Pictures and videos of the animal show him swaying nervously, crying in pain, and lying flat on the concrete.
"So that is Jim Poindexter, the bloody villain," muttered the boy between his set teeth, and nervously fingering his revolver.
With hands nervously working within her muff, she suddenly missed the handkerchief which she had placed there.
He put on his soft hat and nervously took it off again, and wiping his face with his handkerchief, complained of the heat.
The eddies beyond the breakwater were a light and delicate mauve and looked nervously alive.
Mrs. Ducksmith shot a timid glance at him and the knitting needles clicked together nervously.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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