Adjective

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(US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.

(British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.

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(archaic) Strong; sinewy.

his nervy knees — Keats.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

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Impudent.