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- Dictionarynervously/ˈnəːvəsli/
adverb
- 1. in an anxious or apprehensive manner: "Kevin nervously glanced at his watch"
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2 days ago · In some uses of the word, emotions are intense feelings that are directed at someone or something. [30] On the other hand, emotion can be used to refer to states that are mild (as in annoyed or content) and to states that are not directed at anything (as in anxiety and depression).
3 days ago · They can be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another sentence. (These are called ambitransitive verbs) You have grown since I last saw you. (intransitive) You have grown a beard since I last saw you. (transitive) Sometimes the meaning changes depending on whether the verb is transitive or intransitive.
2 days ago · A grade 4 brain bleed is the neurological equivalent of a category 5 hurricane – it’s the big kahuna, the one that makes even seasoned neurosurgeons gulp nervously. In medical speak, a grade 4 bleed typically involves a large amount of blood that has spread throughout the brain tissue and into the ventricles – the brain’s inner chambers.
3 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
5 days ago · Thought - Wikipedia. The Thinker by Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) in the garden of the Musée Rodin, Paris. In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation.
2 days ago · In an earnest search for comfort, I am hit by one of these lines: “People aren’t going to remember” or “It’s not a big deal,” oh, and my personal favorite: “It’s not that deep.”. I stick to my belief that people do remember, and maybe sometimes, it is that deep. Some people do remember when you make that mistake.
1 day ago · For them, this means wasting time playing in front of a screen, nervously pressing buttons, and represents a break in the traditional Mexican narrative of social mobility. One of my interlocutors explained that their parents would repeat the idea that “you study to get a degree, to become someone in life, and secure a stable job.”
