anxiously

Variant of anxious

anxious definition

anx·ious (aŋk′s̸həs, aŋ′-)

adjective

  1. having or showing anxiety; uneasy in mind; apprehensive; worried
  2. causing or full of anxiety an anxious hour
  3. eagerly wishing anxious to do well

Etymology: L anxius < angere, to choke, give pain < IE base *angh-: see anger

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