Nervously
Nervously adverb - In an anxiously nervous manner.
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Synonyms for Nervously
Reticently and nervously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reticently" instead an adverb "Nervously".
Reticently
Reticently adverb - With reticence; in a reticent manner.
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Synonyms for Reticently
Nervously and reticently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nervously" instead an adverb "Reticently".
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Related pairs
- apprehensively and nervously
- apprehensively and reticently
- bashfully and nervously
- bashfully and reticently
- shyly and nervously
- shyly and reticently
- timidly and nervously
- timidly and reticently
- hesitantly and nervously
- hesitantly and reticently
- timorously and nervously
- timorously and reticently
- fearfully and nervously
- fearfully and reticently
Both words in one sentence
- Town with a Dark Secret: Downplayed; the innkeeper is willing, albeit very nervously and reticently, to tell Chao and the other masters about what happened at the mines near Zhangye, and while he doesn't tell them everything, this is as much because he himself doesn't know the full story.
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