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nervosamente

nervously

adverb ner-VOH-zah-men-teh Rare

Also means

anxiously

Usage Note

Nervosamente is formed from nervoso (nervous/irritable) + -mente. In Italian, nervoso can mean both 'nervous/anxious' and 'irritable/on edge' — so nervosamente can shade toward 'irritably' depending on context. It is invariable, as all Italian adverbs in -mente are.

Examples

"Aspettava nervosamente il risultato dell'esame."

Natural Translation

She was nervously waiting for the exam result.

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