nervily

In brazen fashion

In a nervy manner—with boldness, impudence, or brash confidence: She nervily interrupted the CEO mid-sentence.

The word shares the dual character of its root: it can suggest admirable courage or annoying presumption, depending on context.

bold

audaciously

With bold fearlessness

brashly · daringly · pluckily · gutsy · ballsy · cockily · sassily · presumptuously · forwardly · pushily

anxious

apprehensively

With fearful expectation

worriedly · jitterily · tremulously · shakily · tensely · fretfully · edgily · skittishly · jumpily · twitchily

Opposites
boldness/audacity

nervilytimidly

In fearful, hesitant fashion

bashfully · meekly · shyly · diffidently · timorously

emotional composure

nervilycomposedly

In unruffled fashion

calmly · coolly · serenely · placidly · tranquilly

Family

unnerving, nerving, nerviness

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