nervy
adjective
brashly presumptuous or insolent; pushy.
nerviness
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a word derived from
nervy.
Example Sentences
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But as the danger thickens Reis easily matches Foster’s nerviness.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2024
She continued writing with a nerviness that felt uncomfortably unfiltered.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
There’s a lot of suppressed tension, and nerviness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
But there was something appealing in the nerviness of the proposition, in Macron’s willingness to gamble that he could win back a hostile public.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
Miss Cole was perfectly calm and collected when entering the biplane, and showed no signs of "nerviness."
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
