anxiously
US/ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/
anxiously adverb: in an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Adverb
anxiously (comparative more anxiously, superlative most anxiously)
- In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
- 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...1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC
anxiously meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
anxiously in Tamil
- கவலையுடன், ஆவலுடன்
anxiously in Urdu
- بے تابانَہ, مُضطَرِبانَہ, مُتفَکَّرانہ, بے چین سے, فِکَر مَندی سے, پَریشانی سے
anxiously in Bengali
- anxiously
- জোরে jōre
anxiously in Telugu
- ఆత్రుతగా
Examples of anxiously in a sentence
- 'Even in summer, Grannie?' Heidi persisted anxiously.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 46:
- High school seniors across California are anxiously awaiting word on their public university acceptances.2026 March 27, Mikhail Zinshteyn, Carolyn Jones, “Getting into a UC or Cal State requires these classes. Almost half of students don’t take...
Forms of anxiously
| comparative | more anxiously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most anxiously |
Origin of anxiously
From anxious + -ly.
Questions about anxiously
- What does anxiously mean?
- Anxiously means in an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
- What is anxiously in Tamil?
- Anxiously in Tamil is கவலையுடன், ஆவலுடன். See Anxiously meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use anxiously in a sentence?
- 'Even in summer, Grannie?' Heidi persisted anxiously.
- What part of speech is anxiously?
- Anxiously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce anxiously?
- Anxiously is pronounced /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ (US).
Words near anxiously in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anxiously (page history and authors); anxiously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anxiously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জোরে (Bengali) (page history and authors); anxiously (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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