# anxious vs anxiously

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### anxious
*adjective · IPA /ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/ · frequency rank #6,112*
Nervous and worried.

### anxiously
*adverb · IPA /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ · frequency rank #25,661*
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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