nervouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈnəːvəsli/, U.S.

/ˈnərvəsli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nervous adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < nervous adj. + -ly suffix². Compare French nerveusement (1583 in sense ‘forcibly’, 1836 with reference to the nervous system, 1857 in sense ‘convulsively’, 1859 in sense ‘impatiently’). Compare nervosely adv. at nervose adj. Derivatives.

†1. With strength or vigour; forcibly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb]

largec1405

sensibly?a1425

eloquently1471

fectuallyc1485

in largea1500

pithily1533

enforcingly1571

emphatically1577

nervously1641

sensible1659

nervosely1678

forcefullya1774

cogentlya1797

accentedly1856

tersely1874

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 156 S. Augustine nervously takes from them that glorious wreath.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlviii. 483 The Writer undertook to weigh and examine the Grounds and Reasons distinctly,..which he doth nervously.

1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 12 The true ground of fasting is very fully discovered and nervously expressed.

1800 Naval Chron. 4 227 The authors..have been..nervously concise.

1881 S. S. Laurie J. A. Comenius (1887) 105 Let all things be taught from the foundation, briefly and nervously.

2. With anxiety, timidity, or mental agitation; in an agitated or apprehensive manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb]

feverishly1678

tremulously1736

nervously1816

flutteringly1819

flurriedly1834

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adverb] > in a nervously agitated manner

nervously1816

twitchily1905

trepidly1911

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in a nervous manner

nervously1816

nervily1911

1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi. 193 Mr Woodhouse..was now most nervously apprehensively happy in forestalling this too short visit.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 97 I was affected, sly, sullen, insolent, every thing but what I really was, nervously shy when noticed.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xliv. 205 He paused a few moments nervously.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iv. 352 Mr. Oakroyd grinned nervously.

1947 T. Williams Streetcar named Desire iv. 71 She presses her knuckles nervously to her lips.

1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre ii. 108 She was always nervously chewing, or sucking on a sweet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nervously
释义	nervouslyadv. Brit. /ˈnəːvəsli/, U.S. /ˈnərvəsli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nervous adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < nervous adj. + -ly suffix². Compare French nerveusement (1583 in sense ‘forcibly’, 1836 with reference to the nervous system, 1857 in sense ‘convulsively’, 1859 in sense ‘impatiently’). Compare nervosely adv. at nervose adj. Derivatives. †1. With strength or vigour; forcibly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] largec1405 sensibly?a1425 eloquently1471 fectuallyc1485 in largea1500 pithily1533 enforcingly1571 emphatically1577 nervously1641 sensible1659 nervosely1678 forcefullya1774 cogentlya1797 accentedly1856 tersely1874 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 156 S. Augustine nervously takes from them that glorious wreath. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlviii. 483 The Writer undertook to weigh and examine the Grounds and Reasons distinctly,..which he doth nervously. 1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 12 The true ground of fasting is very fully discovered and nervously expressed. 1800 Naval Chron. 4 227 The authors..have been..nervously concise. 1881 S. S. Laurie J. A. Comenius (1887) 105 Let all things be taught from the foundation, briefly and nervously. 2. With anxiety, timidity, or mental agitation; in an agitated or apprehensive manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb] feverishly1678 tremulously1736 nervously1816 flutteringly1819 flurriedly1834 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adverb] > in a nervously agitated manner nervously1816 twitchily1905 trepidly1911 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in a nervous manner nervously1816 nervily1911 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi. 193 Mr Woodhouse..was now most nervously apprehensively happy in forestalling this too short visit. View more context for this quotation a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 97 I was affected, sly, sullen, insolent, every thing but what I really was, nervously shy when noticed. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xliv. 205 He paused a few moments nervously. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iv. 352 Mr. Oakroyd grinned nervously. 1947 T. Williams Streetcar named Desire iv. 71 She presses her knuckles nervously to her lips. 1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre ii. 108 She was always nervously chewing, or sucking on a sweet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1641
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