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anxiously

/æŋˈzɪʊəsli/ adverb · British & US

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What does anxiously mean?

adverb

Feeling or showing worry or anxiety; in a state of anxiety.

Example

"She anxiously waited for the test results."

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Etymologically related

anxiety anxious anxiously anxiousness

Synonyms for anxiously

apprehensively nervously uneasily restlessly fearfully anxiously

Antonyms of anxiously

confidently calmly serenely

Rhymes with anxiously

anxiously naturally temporarily conditionally