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nervy

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈnɜː.vi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted enrvyStarts with NEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. offensively bold

Word origin

From nerve + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • It takes a nervy man to promulgate such stuff, and Ted Nelson has made a career out of being nervy.
  • 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.
  • She has been asked on a date to see The Barber of Seville in the company of society’s wealthiest and most eligible bachelor, the Hon Jeremy Malcolm (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) who is bored by her nervy and untutored chatter.

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