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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anxiously, uneasily, apprehensivelyadverb

    with anxiety or apprehension

    "we watched anxiously"

Wiktionary

  1. anxiouslyadverb

    In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

    He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anxiouslyadverb

    In an anxious manner; solicitously; unquietly; carefully.

    Etymology: from anxious.

    But where the loss is temporal, every probability of it needs not put us so anxiously to prevent it, since it might be repaired again. South.

    Thou what befits the new lord mayor,
    And what the Gallick arms will do,
    Art anxiously inquisitive to know. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. anxiously

    Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat whereas the latter is defined as the emotional response to a real threat. It is often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and worry, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. It is often accompanied by muscular tension, restlessness, fatigue, inability to catch one's breath, tightness in the abdominal region, nausea, and problems in concentration. Anxiety is closely related to fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat (fight or flight response); anxiety involves the expectation of future threat including dread. People facing anxiety may withdraw from situations which have provoked anxiety in the past.Though anxiety is a typical human response, when excessive or persisting beyond developmentally appropriate periods it may be diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. There are multiple forms of anxiety disorder (such as generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder) with specific clinical definitions. Part of the definition of an anxiety disorder, which distinguishes it from everyday anxiety, is that it is persistent, typically lasting 6 months or more, although the criterion for duration is intended as a general guide with allowance for some degree of flexibility and is sometimes of shorter duration in children.

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  1. anxiously

    Anxiously is an adverb that describes a state of being characterized by feelings of unease, apprehension, worry, or fear. It often refers to a sense of uneasiness or nervousness about an impending or uncertain outcome. It can also suggest a eagerness or impatience mixed with unease.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anxiouslyadverb

    in an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anxiously in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anxiously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of anxiously in a Sentence

  1. Richard Richter:

    I ’m anxiously awaiting what demand will look like.

  2. Amesh Adalja:

    It's moved the needle a little bit for me -- I think that it shows that it's safe, i anxiously await Phase 2 trial data, which is much more useful to us in trying to demonstrate whether or not this vaccine will ultimately be effective.

  3. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson:

    Our community has been anxiously awaiting the return of our three hometown heroes – Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone – so that we can celebrate and honor their incredible courage.

  4. Eric Trump:

    Like millions of businesses around the globe, we have been forced by Government mandate to temporarily close our hospitality and leisure facilities, and are doing all that we can to retain and support our highly valued staff, the job retention plan created by the UK Government has nothing to do with the Trump Organization and does not benefit the business — it is solely about protecting people and their families who would otherwise be out of work. We are anxiously awaiting the day that we receive approval from the government to reopen our doors and look forward to getting back to business.

  5. Marina Litvinovich:

    The first crisis occurred when police vans and buses (with detainees) were driving around Moscow anxiously and jails didn’t let them in. They didn’t know where to put people, some people were brought back to police precincts. Some were standing the whole day inside police vans near the jails. Some got lucky and they were given food and taken to toilets. Some didn’t have luck and they had to pee in a bottle.

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