Standard Lemma guide

anxiously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 NG K SH AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with anxiety or apprehension

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we watched anxiously

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uneasily, apprehensively

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2enǵh-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Middle English -ly English -ly English anxiously From anxious + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ansiosament — in an anxious manner
  • Esperanto: anksie — in an anxious manner
  • Esperanto: maltrankvile — in an anxious manner
  • Finnish: ahdistuneesti — in an anxious manner
  • French: anxieusement — in an anxious manner
  • Galician: ansiosamente — in an anxious manner
  • German: besorgt — in an anxious manner
  • German: bang — in an anxious manner
  • German: unruhig — in an anxious manner
  • Italian: ansiosamente — in an anxious manner
  • Norman: soucieusement — in an anxious manner
  • Portuguese: ansiosamente — in an anxious manner
  • Spanish: con inquietud — in an anxious manner
  • Spanish: con ansiedad — in an anxious manner
  • Spanish: ansiosamente — in an anxious manner