Definition of "tensely" [tensely]

• In a tense manner. (adverb)

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• "As it sounded a figure jumped from behind a tree and called tensely:"
• "He listened still more tensely through long minutes in which he heard nothing, at the same time whispering to Jerry for information and commanding him to be soft-spoken; and Jerry, with whuffs and whiffs and all the short-hand breath-exhalations of speech he had been taught, told him that men approached, many men, more men than five."
• "Video captured by a passenger and shown on the website of the Daily News shows a tensely quiet cabin in the seconds before the words "brace for impact" came over the jet's loudspeaker."