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# anxiously

adverb (anxiously)

«anxiously» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#m1)
2. Wanting something very much and impatient for it: anxiously awaiting the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used often in stories to show worry: Alice looks anxiously around; the White Rabbit checks his watch anxiously. In everyday life: waiting anxiously for news. Health: if worry stops you sleeping or eating, talk to a grown-up you trust.

### Examples

- The White Rabbit looked anxiously at his watch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x1)
- We waited anxiously for the doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x2)
- She looked anxiously at the dark sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x3)
- Alice asked anxiously, «Will I grow again?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x4)
- Mole peered anxiously into the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x5)
- The parents anxiously watched the rescue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x6)
- He checked his answers anxiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x7)
- “But not really, Wendy?” he asked anxiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/#x8)

### Note

Adverb of «anxious». Noun: anxiety. Spelling trap: anx-I-ous-ly.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means waiting with worry, as the people of Maroth hope for good when disaster is coming from the LORD. In the primary lessons: Used often in stories to show worry: Alice looks anxiously around; the White Rabbit checks his watch anxiously. In everyday life: waiting anxiously for news. Health: if worry stops you sleeping or eating, talk to a grown-up you trust.

### Examples

- For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good; because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. (Prophets MIC.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anxiously/#x1)

### Note

Adverb of «anxious». Noun: anxiety. Spelling trap: anx-I-ous-ly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anxiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anxiously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anxiously.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «anxiously» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anxiously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anxiously» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/anxiously.html) on Mova free.