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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

nervously vs anxiously

According to Oxford dictionary,

nervously
:in a worried or frightened way
anxiously
:in a worried or nervous way

For example,
Residents are nervously awaiting a decision.
Residents are anxiously awaiting a decision.

For me,they seem to be pretty much same.
Of cource each of them have other meanings,but at this meaning they seem to have the same meaning.

Is there any difference in their meaning,connotation or which is often used or more formal,when each of them means those meanings?
  

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For me,they seem to be pretty much same. As for me. Anonymous Is there any difference in their meaning,connotation or which is often used or more formal,when each of them means those meanings?

— Mister Micawber

  • For me,they seem to be pretty much same.
  • As for me.
  • Anonymous Is there any difference in their meaning,connotation or which is often used or more formal,when each of them means those meanings?
  • I see none there—as you say, with the particular meanings you give.
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AnonymousResidents are nervously awaiting a decision.Residents are anxiously awaiting a decision.For me,they seem to be pretty much same.
As for me.
AnonymousIs there any difference in their meaning,connotation or which is often used or more formal,when each of them means those meanings?
I see none there—as you say, with the
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