Nervous vs An - What's the difference?
nervous | an |
(obscure) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
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Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy.
Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
Relating to or affecting the nerves.
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(UK, non-standard) used in many British regional accents before some words beginning with a pronounced h
(archaic) If, so long as.
(archaic) as if; as though.
In each; to or for each; per.
As an adjective nervous
is (obscure) of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.As a noun an is
favor, grace.nervous
English
(wikipedia nervous)Adjective
(en adjective)- the central nervous system
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* calm, relaxedDerived terms
* nervously * nervousness * nervous breakdown * nervous energy * autonomic nervous system * central nervous system * enteric nervous system * parasympathetic nervous system * peripheral nervous system * sympathetic nervous systemReferences
* *an
English
(wikipedia an)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Article
(head)Usage notes
* The article (an) is used before vowel sounds and (optionally) before silent aitches, and (a) before consonant sounds. * The various article senses of (a), all are senses of (term).Etymology 2
From (etyl) anConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- An it please you, my lord.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge , The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Etymology 3
.Etymology 4
From the (etyl) preposition an/on.Preposition
(English prepositions)- I was only going twenty miles an hour.
