The anxious child waved goodbye to her mother on her first day of kindergarten.
An example of someone who is anxious is a Kindergartner on the first day of school.
An example of someone who is anxious is a person who is starting a new job.
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Origin of anxious
Classical Latin anxius from angere, to choke, give pain from Indo-European base an unverified form angh-: see anger
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anxious. (n.d.). Retrieved December 07th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Anxious
adjective
Origin of anxious
From Latin ānxius from angere to torment ; see angh- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
adverb
noun
Usage Note: Anxious has a long history of use as a synonym for eager, but some prefer that anxious be used only to describe those who are worried or uneasy, as in the sentence He's anxious about his upcoming surgery. The acceptability of anxious to mean eager has been increasing, however. In our 1999 survey of the Usage Panel, 47 percent approved of the sentence We are anxious to see the new show of British sculpture at the museum, whereas in 2014, this sentence was acceptable to 57 percent of panelists. The acceptability was higher for this usage in a sentence about a situation with a tinge of uneasiness: After a four-hour bus ride, the children were anxious to get outside (acceptable to 69 percent of the Panel in 1999 and 78 percent in 2014). Although resistance to the use of anxious to mean eager is waning, writers should be aware that there are still those who frown upon using the word in situations where no anxiety is present.
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anxious. (n.d.). Retrieved December 07th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Anxious
(comparative anxiouser or more anxious, superlative anxiousest or most anxious)
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