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nerv⋅y

  [nur-vee]
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–adjective, nerv⋅i⋅er, nerv⋅i⋅est.
1. brashly presumptuous or insolent; pushy: a nervy thing to say; a nervy trick to pull.
2. having or showing courage; brave or bold: the nervy feats of the mountaineers.
3. strong; sinewy; vigorous: a hard, nervy physique.
4. Chiefly British. straining one's patience or forbearance; trying.
5. nervous; excitable; on edge.
Origin:
1600–10; nerve + -y 1

Related forms:
nerv⋅i⋅ly, adverb
nerv⋅i⋅ness, noun
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nerv·y   (nûr'vē)   
adj.   nerv·i·er, nerv·i·est
  1. Arrogantly impudent; brazen.
  2. Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold.
  3. Chiefly British Jumpy; nervous.
  4. Archaic Full of muscular force; sinewy.
nerv'i·ness n.
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Nervy

Nerv"y\, a. [Compar. Nervier; superl. - iest.] Strong; sinewy. "His nervy knees." --Keats.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : nervy
Spanish: nervioso,
German: nervös,
Japanese: 気がたっている
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