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nervousness

noun B1
  1. The state or quality of being nervous. (countable, uncountable)

Plural nervousnesses

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Her fright and nervousness vanished; and she began her recitation, her clear, sweet voice reaching to the farthest corner of the room without a tremor or a break.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 284 · C1
“It may, of course, be a mere coincidence, or it may point to some nervousness which would indicate that he had reason to apprehend danger.
The Valley of Fear, p. 44 · C1

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