tensely
adv/ˈtɛnsli/
Etymology From tense + -ly.
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In a tense manner.
- He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 61:
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