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worriedly

/ˈwɝidli/ adv

In a worried manner.

Word Origin From Old English wyrgan 'to strangle, harass' — so worry originally meant to choke or torment. The idea: when you worry, you feel like you're being strangled by anxiety. Worriedly describes doing something in that anxious state. The same root gives us worrier, worrisome, and worrywart. The PIE root *werg- 'to strangle' also underlies wring and wrangle.

adv In a worried manner.

She paced worriedly back and forth while waiting for the test results.

(副词) 担忧地；焦虑地

她在等待测试结果时焦虑地来回踱步。

(adverbio) De manera preocupada.

Ella caminaba de un lado a otro con preocupación mientras esperaba los resultados del examen.

(adverbe) D'un air inquiet, en manifestant une préoccupation ou une anxiété visible.

Elle faisait les cent pas d'un air inquiet en attendant les résultats de l'examen.

(Adverb) besorgt; beunruhigt [Auf eine besorgte oder ängstliche Weise; mit innerer Unruhe.]

Sie ging **worriedly** auf und ab, während sie auf die Testergebnisse wartete.

(副詞) 心配そうな様子で、不安そうに

彼女は試験の結果を待ちながら、不安そうにあちこちを行ったり来たりした。

(advérbio) preocupadamente; ansiosamente; com preocupação; inquieta [De maneira preocupada.]

Ela andava **preocupadamente** de um lado para o outro enquanto esperava os resultados do exame.

Synonyms: anxiously nervously uneasily fretfully apprehensively Antonyms: calmly peacefully confidently serenely
Word parts: worry + ed + ly

Common collocations

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Related words

worrier worrying worrisome unworried

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