Meanings
adverbnervily (comparative more nervily, superlative most nervily)
comparative more nervily · superlative most nervily
- In a nervy way.
To put it more nervily, and of course Ms. Rice does: “Well, now I knew just what it meant to be the man who knew he was God.”
2008 March 13, Janet Maslin, “Telling His Own Tale of Passions and Piety”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
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APA
nervily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervily
MLA
“nervily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nervily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervily.
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