anxiously
Americanadverb
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in an uneasy or worried manner.
My first call was to my wife, who had been anxiously awaiting word of my whereabouts.
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in an earnestly desirous or eager manner.
They are anxiously awaiting the birth of their first child.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-anxiously adverb
- unanxiously adverb
Etymology
Origin of anxiously
Example Sentences
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Conflagrations abound—in one, a pair of rabbits anxiously scamper across a road to outrun the flames.
Two thousand souls, believers and skeptics in roughly equal numbers, anxiously waited to hear from Maggie Fox.
From Literature
I am anxiously awaiting my third one in March.
From MarketWatch
Almost everyone is anxiously staring at the TVs, willing those same four men to reach a Winter Olympic final.
From BBC
She was peering anxiously at him and Chip.
From Literature
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