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Nervy

adjective

(compar. nervier; superl. nerviest)

Being in a tense state. Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, overstrung, restive, uptight.

Showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger.

Offensively bold. Synonyms: brash, cheeky. "A nervy thing to say"

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"Nervy" Quotes from Famous Books

... exclaimed, as Nicholson still remained silent. "Do you think, because one or two of us are a bit 'nervy', that we are really afraid? Not in the least. For my part, if I've got to die, I shall take good care that one or two of those black heathen come with me!" She flung open a drawer, and, taking out a revolver, thumped it energetically upon the ...

— The Native Born - or, The Rajah's People • I. A. R. Wylie

... how soon travellers get past that first cheeckalko feeling that it is a little "nervy," as the Boy had said, to walk into another man's house uninvited, an absolute stranger, and take possession of everything you want without so much as "by your leave." You soon learn it is the ...

— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

... sport I ever knew," he said, "and I am nothing but a rotten squealer! Forgive me, and I will try to be good. But, Bo! that did hurt!" The tears came to his eyes once more. "He was such a nervy little chap!" ...

— L. P. M. - The End of the Great War • J. Stewart Barney

... nervy hand, A wrist as strong as a sapling oak, Buried deep in the Malverri sand— To laugh at that, is a sorry joke. Never again your iron grip Shall I feel in my shrinking palm— Tom, Tom, I see your trembling lip; All within is ...

— War Poetry of the South • Various

... already felt himself overmastered. Adam Lambert had taken him unawares. He was rough and very powerful. Sir Marmaduke was no weakling, yet encumbered by his fantastic clothes he was no match for the smith. Adam turned him about in his nervy ...

— The Nest of the Sparrowhawk • Baroness Orczy

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