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# nervously

adverb (nervously)

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

## Everyday

In a worried, slightly afraid way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#m1)

### In the lessons

Common in stories to show a character's feelings: they laugh, look, or speak nervously. It tells the reader they feel anxious.

### Examples

- She smiled nervously at her new class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x1)
- He waited nervously outside the head's office. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x2)
- Alice nervously looked round for the White Rabbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x3)
- The Mole nervously entered the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x4)
- The cat sniffed the dog nervously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x5)
- He laughed nervously before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/#x6)

### Note

From «nervous» + -ly. Not about the nerves of the body.

## On Mova

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