nervilyadv.
/ˈnəːvᵻli/, U.S. /ˈnərvəli/ In a nervy manner; boldly; agitatedly, nervously.
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the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in a nervous manner
nervously1816
nervily1911
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > nerve > [adverb]
nervily1911
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xx ‘The Chronicle has won its great fight’, so it nervily said, ‘against classism in Blaines College.’
1928 Daily Express 15 June 9/4 The blue eyes were not as serene as he would like to have seen them. The professor's grey ones roved nervily from side to side.
1981 S. Radley Chief Inspector's Daughter xxiv. 148 Quantrill remembered her from the part as slim, attractive and nervily vivacious.
2001 Church Times 9 Nov. 32/2 The initial narrative is effectively contrasted between tenor (Paul Agnew, a bit too nervily fast-vibratoed) and mezzo-soprano.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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