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  • adjective comparative form of nervy: more nervy

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Examples

  • Since then, Coco has developed into something nervier and the reggae has been overshadowed by synth-driven rock: comparisons with the Killers would be more apt.

    I Blame Coco: The Constant – review Killian Fox 2010

  • I was among the nervier kids, I'd say, and there was also a vicious side to me.

    Brother Ray Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. cn 1978

  • "It would take a nervier gang than Arizona owns to try and rob this outfit," and Blake looked complacently around among the shadowy forms of the troopers flitting about the bivouac.

    A Wounded Name Charles King 1888

  • Cooper's performance suggests a nervier, nastier movie than the one we get.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • The song's reverberant creep does something right for Ms. Rae's light, curling voice, which has rarely sounded nervier.

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2011

  • The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction.

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction.

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction.

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • He lifted the WGC-CA Championship in Miami by a much more comfortable four-shot margin two weeks ago and this was a far nervier affair.

    ireland.com Breaking News 2010

  • He lifted the WGC-CA Championship in Miami by a much more comfortable four-shot margin two weeks ago and this was a far nervier affair.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie / TCM 2010

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