anxiously

«anxiously» in Mova's school dictionary: In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (anxiously)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results. tree →

2) Wanting something very much and impatient for it: anxiously awaiting the holidays. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used often in stories to show worry: Alice looks anxiously around; the White Rabbit checks his watch anxiously. In everyday life: waiting anxiously for news. Health: if worry stops you sleeping or eating, talk to a grown-up you trust.

examples

• The White Rabbit looked anxiously at his watch. tree →
• We waited anxiously for the doctor. tree →
• She looked anxiously at the dark sky. tree →
• Alice asked anxiously, «Will I grow again?» tree →
• Mole peered anxiously into the Wild Wood. tree →
• The parents anxiously watched the rescue. tree →
• He checked his answers anxiously. tree →
• “But not really, Wendy?” he asked anxiously. tree →

note

Adverb of «anxious». Noun: anxiety. Spelling trap: anx-I-ous-ly.

In the corpora

• For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good; because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anxiously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.