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anxiously en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Middle English -ly English -ly English anxiously From anxious + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
    • High school seniors across California are anxiously awaiting word on their public university acceptances. But thousands of other soon-to-be graduates are virtually locked out. A key reason? Nearly half haven’t taken the required classes. 2026 March 27, Mikhail Zinshteyn, Carolyn Jones, “Getting into a UC or Cal State requires these classes. Almost half of students don’t take them”, in KPBS, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026:
    • He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.
    • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • 'Even in summer, Grannie?' Heidi persisted anxiously. 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 46:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more anxiously Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most anxiously Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (15)

nrf soucieusement (in an anxious manner) · de unruhig (in an anxious manner) · es con ansiedad (in an anxious manner) · fr anxieusement (in an anxious manner) · es ansiosamente (in an anxious manner) · eo maltrankvile (in an anxious manner) · de besorgt (in an anxious manner) · eo anksie (in an anxious manner) · fi ahdistuneesti (in an anxious manner) · ca ansiosament (in an anxious manner) · pt ansiosamente (in an anxious manner) · it ansiosamente (in an anxious manner) · de bang (in an anxious manner) · es con inquietud (in an anxious manner) · gl ansiosamente (in an anxious manner)