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nervily

nervily adverb: in a nervy way.

Adverb

nervily (comparative more nervily, superlative most nervily)

  1. In a nervy way.
    • To put it more nervily, and of course Ms. Rice does: “Well, now I knew just what it meant to be the man who knew he was God.”2008 March 13, Janet Maslin, “Telling His Own Tale of Passions and Piety”, in New York Times

Forms of nervily

comparativemore nervily
superlativemost nervily

Origin of nervily

From nervy + -ly.

Questions about nervily

What does nervily mean?
Nervily means in a nervy way.
What part of speech is nervily?
Nervily is an adverb.

Words near nervily in the dictionary

  1. Nervian
  2. nervicited
  3. nervier
  4. nerviest
  5. Nervii
  6. nervily
  7. nervimotility
  8. nervimotion
  9. nervimuscular
  10. nervine
  11. nervines

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