ANXIOUSLY

anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively

(adverb) with anxiety or apprehension; “we watched anxiously”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

anxiously (comparative more anxiously, superlative most anxiously)

In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

Source: Wiktionary

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Anx"ious*ly, adv.

Definition: In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

ANXIOUS

Anx"ious, a. Etym: [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. Anger.]

1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton.

3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay.

Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.

Syn.

– Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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