edgily
adverb uk/ˈedʒ.əl.i/ us/ˈedʒ.əl.i/
(NERVOUSLY)
紧张不安地，烦躁地
in a nervous or worried way
"We need to go now or we'll be late," he said edgily. “我们现在就得动身，不然就晚了，” 他焦急地说。
We were having lunch and edgily trying to get to know each other. 我们一边吃午饭，一边拘谨地互相介绍认识。
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- What's going on?" she asked edgily.
- She hovered edgily between tears and laughter.
- The minister edgily insisted that the report was not true.
(EXCITINGLY)
处于时尚前沿地;具有创新性地
in a fashionable or exciting way
The architecture of the city is edgily contemporary. 这座城市的建筑极具现代感。
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- His performance is eerily disturbing and edgily comic.
- the edgily urban setting in which the paintings were made
- Albee's astonishing play about a successful architect's love affair with a goat remains both edgily funny and emotionally devastating.
See: edgy