nervously

«nervously» in Mova's school dictionary: In a worried, slightly afraid way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (nervously)

meaning for a pupil

In a worried, slightly afraid way. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in stories to show a character's feelings: they laugh, look, or speak nervously. It tells the reader they feel anxious.

examples

• She smiled nervously at her new class. tree →
• He waited nervously outside the head's office. tree →
• Alice nervously looked round for the White Rabbit. tree →
• The Mole nervously entered the Wild Wood. tree →
• The cat sniffed the dog nervously. tree →
• He laughed nervously before the test. tree →

note

From «nervous» + -ly. Not about the nerves of the body.

Trees and pragmatics

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