anxiously

Definition of Anxiously in English :

with anxiety or apprehension

Example Sentences:
'we watched anxiously'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anxiously

adjective

1.

worried and tense because of possible misfortune, danger, etc; uneasy

2.

fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing

an anxious time

3.

intensely desirous; eager

anxious for promotion

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

adj.

1. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.

2. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.

3. Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.