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ANXIOUSLY
anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively
(adverb) with anxiety or apprehension; “we watched anxiously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
anxiously (comparative more anxiously, superlative most anxiously)
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Source: Wiktionary
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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