nervy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɜː.vi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɝ.vi/
Adjective[edit]
nervy (comparative nervier, superlative nerviest)
- (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
- (Britain) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
- 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph[1]:
- Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.
- (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
- (Can we date this quote by John Keats and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- And, for those simple times, his garments were
A chieftain-king's: beneath his breast, half bare,
Was hung a silver bugle, and between
His nervy knees there lay a boar-spear keen […]
- And, for those simple times, his garments were
- (Can we date this quote by John Keats and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.
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