Adjective

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(US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.

(British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.

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, year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage= Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.}}

(archaic) Strong; sinewy.

his nervy knees — Keats.