| anxious | (adj) eagerly desirous, Syn. dying, Example: anxious to see the new show at the museum; dying to hear who won |
| anxious | (adj) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety, Syn. queasy, nervous, unquiet, uneasy, Example: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results; cast anxious glances behind her; those nervous moments before takeoff; an unquiet mind |
| anxiously | (adv) with anxiety or apprehension, Syn. uneasily, apprehensively, Example: we watched anxiously |
| anxiousness | (n) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments, Syn. disquiet |
| Anxious | a. [ L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. The sweet of life, from which He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] Anxious is followed by |
| Anxiously | adv. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Anxiousness | n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. [ 1913 Webster ] |