Anxiously
full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous:
Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for):
anxious to please; anxious for our happiness.
attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:
anxious forebodings.
Contemporary Examples
On Sunday, the world will anxiously await these character’s final fates.
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Dozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones.
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At the very least, you’ll anxiously await the next round of juice.
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Dull thuds as a missile or shell impacts sends people scurrying and anxiously scanning the skies.
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As she was anxiously awaiting her open-carry permit, she began shopping for a purse that would fit her weapon.
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Historical Examples
Alexandra watched him anxiously; the cold was bitter enough on the ground.
O Pioneers! Willa Cather
“Seems like he gets thinner every day,” he commented, anxiously.
Dust Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The approach of the frigate was anxiously watched from the decks of the prizes.
With Moore at Corunna G. A. Henty
Heaven knows how anxiously I sought to fulfil that solemn vow!
Night and Morning, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Josephine anxiously ran her eye over the record of the executions, and found the name of her husband in the fatal list.
Hortense, Makers of History Series John S. C. Abbott
adjective
worried and tense because of possible misfortune, danger, etc; uneasy
fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing: an anxious time
intensely desirous; eager: anxious for promotion
adj.
1620s, from Latin anxius “solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind” (also “causing anxiety, troublesome”), from angere, anguere “choke, squeeze,” figuratively “torment, cause distress” (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba “anxiety,” literally “tightness, narrowness.” Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.
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