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Vinony

anxiously

adverb

  1. in an anxious manner
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Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Middle English -ly English -ly English anxiously From anxious + -ly.

  1. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

    “He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.”

    “He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.”