anxiously
/ˈæŋkʃəsli/ANGK-shuh-slee
/ˈæŋkʃəsli/ANGK-shuh-slee
Meaningin an uneasy way
Common meaning: with worry
- anxto squeeze, chokeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 118 · scan
- iousadjective ending: full of, marked by
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinangō; angustus‘to squeeze, choke’
- Englishanxious‘uneasy and worried’
- Englishformed in English from anxiousanxiously‘with worry’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from anxious + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ANXIOUS, p.27 · scan
Roots
- angō; angustus Latin “to squeeze, choke”
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