For Enrique, each telephone call grows more strained. Because he lives across town, he is not often lucky enough to be at María Edelmira’s house when his mother phones.
When he is, their talk is clipped and anxious.

What does anxious mean in this context?

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For Enrique, each telephone call grows more strained. Because he lives across town, he is not often lucky enough to be at María Edelmira’s house when his mother phones.
When he is, their talk is clipped and anxious.

What does anxious mean in this context?

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Their talk causes anxiety, stress, and/or nervousness

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It means that their talk makes people feel worried or nervous.

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Conversation is anxious - nervous, stressful, uneasy, concerned, apprehensive, jittery

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stressed/ stressful/ stress making...