tensely
3
3.9
- adverb
- /ˈtɛnslɪ/
:
tensamente
- He sat tensely in the waiting room, glancing at the clock every few seconds.
- wait tensely
- sat tensely
- stood tensely
And so it's almost like you've got this this stack of books and you're walking, but you've got the books like really hold very tensely away from you.
- And so it's almost like you've got this this stack of books and you're walking, but you've got the books like really hold very tensely away from you.
Examples
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One morning I noticed one in a backyard in my neighborhood; four boys stood tensely watching.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ned looks pale, sweating, reacting tensely to every lurch and bump the train makes.
Fiction book (1993) -
"What are you going to do now?" she asked me as the evening tensely wore on.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jack and Eugene are at their guns, watching the sky tensely for fighters.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dolly replied tensely that she did not want tea or anything else.
Fiction book (2000) -
The baboon had reached the floor of the gorge and was tensely testing the wind.
Fiction book (1994) -
Wider - Roberta stands in front of the elevator, staring tensely at the sign.
Fiction book (1999) -
I wondered if she realized how tensely we waited, how lightly we breathed.
Fiction book (1994) -
Professor Tom Nesbitt and Col. John Evans, military liaison, tensely wait.
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But developments in Denmark are being tensely observed not only in the EC, but also in other Nordic countries.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
87
2.3
Shows worry or fear in the way someone acts
43
3.2
In a worried or nervous way
19
4.2
In a worried or uncomfortable way
7
3.7
In a way that shows you cannot relax or stay still
3
2.0
In a way that shows you feel afraid or unsure
2
6.0
In a worried way because you think something bad may happen
2
8.4
In a very nervous, worried way that causes repeated checking
1
6.6
In a worried and restless way
1
8.1
To speak or move in a shaky, nervous way
1
6.0
In a nervous, tense way that shows worry
1
5.7
In a nervous, restless way that shows worry
To do something in a nervous or afraid way
To make small nervous movements because you feel impatient and uneasy
In a nervous way with small quick movements
In a nervous, easily startled way with sudden jerks
Antonyms
How Tense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tensely has the same root as tense and tension, coming from the old Latin word tendere meaning 'to stretch'. So to act tensely is like being 'stretched' tight inside, which is why it means being nervous or under strain.