anxiously
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adverb
[edit]anxiously (comparative more anxiously, superlative most anxiously)
- In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
- He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.
- 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 46:
- 'Even in summer, Grannie?' Heidi persisted anxiously.
- 2026 March 27, Mikhail Zinshteyn, Carolyn Jones, “Getting into a UC or Cal State requires these classes. Almost half of students don’t take them”, in KPBS[1], archived from the original on 30 March 2026:
- High school seniors across California are anxiously awaiting word on their public university acceptances. But thousands of other soon-to-be graduates are virtually locked out. A key reason? Nearly half haven’t taken the required classes.
Translations
[edit]in an anxious manner
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