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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nervy/ˈnɜːvi/

▶adjective (nervier, nerviest)

1 Brit. nervous; anxious.

2 N. Amer. informal bold or impudent.

3 literary sinewy or strong.

– derivatives
nervily adverb,
nerviness noun.

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