Synonyms for tensely
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : tens |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛns |
Top 10 synonyms for tensely
Définition of tensely
Origin :- "to make tense," 1670s, from tense (adj.); intransitive sense of "to become tense" (often tense up) is recorded from 1946. Related: Tensed; tensing.
- As in excitedly : adv agitatedly
- Trembling with excitement and fear I tensely waited the coming of the visitor.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Her thumb 272 rested on the hammer and she stood still, tensely waiting.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- On the evening I dropped in to see him, he was tensely nervous.
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- Moya faced them tensely, a slim wraith of a girl with dark eyes that blazed.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- Tensely the Terran waited for some reaction from the wolverines.
- Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
- "Lend the loan of that stick of yours, Erb," he said tensely.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- "Forgive my dwelling so tensely on the bill-of-fare," he said, when the waiter had gone.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- And Jim gazed back at Dennis as breathlessly and as tensely.
- Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
- “You are only bringing pain upon yourself,” she said tensely.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- He could not lay rigidly, tensely—there were no muscles to tighten.
- Extract from : « A Choice of Miracles » by James A. Cox
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