NERVOUSLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

nervously

adverb

Definition of nervously

as in anxiously

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Recent Examples of nervously On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 In this video, the players are awash in red light and quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce pace nervously. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Shares of CoreWeave slid nearly 12% on Friday and dropped roughly 24% this week as investors nervously eye its mounting debt. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 At Cornell’s Student & Campus Life Center, a junior working the front desk looks up from her laptop, covered in colorful Bible-verse stickers, to nervously answer a few questions. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026 Axel Rodríguez Olivas nervously steps onstage, carrying a violin. — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Eli Nirenberg of Munster was attending school in Israel on October 7, 2023, while his father, Michael Nirenberg, nervously waited for word on his welfare. — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 And other Democrats who are thinking of running for President in 2028 are likely watching the Proposition 40 drama nervously. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 At the same time, a smaller developing system was being watched nervously close to Hawaii. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nervously

Adverb

López can still picture her father holding the radio up to the window on rainy or cloudy days and putting his ear close to its speakers, anxiously trying to catch the signal before the Mensajero Rural ended.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Mitchell will enter free agency in late January, when the Fever will anxiously await her decision.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxiously

Adverb

After they were patted down, the women timidly entered the small space, sitting side-by-side in salon chairs to wait for Dastine and her two assistants to assess their hair.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
The rest of the Soviet delegation stamped their feet, and even Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko removed and timidly tapped his shoe in solidarity.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of timidly

Adverb

Tristan, in the middle of putting down new wood shavings, looked at me shyly through the dust clouds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
At one moment, the young prince glances down with his doe eyes before looking shyly off to the side at his mom and breaking out into a giggle.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026