The phrase "almost anxious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling that is close to anxiety but not fully realized, often indicating a state of nervous anticipation or unease.
Example: "As the deadline approached, I felt almost anxious about the outcome of my presentation."
Alternatives: "nearly anxious" or "somewhat anxious".
The prime minister noticed that the man next to him seemed nervous, almost anxious.
The colonel seemed terribly eager, almost anxious, to bridge the immense gap between himself and his Afghan hosts.
Last Friday was chicken day at the Y, and the lunchroom's round tables were packed with about 300 elderly people, all with storehouses of memories and opinions they seemed eager, almost anxious, to share.
On the other hand, there's John Cheever's dedication for "The Wapshot Chronicle --"To M with love: and with best wishes to practically everybody else I know --a weird fusion of not very secret secrecy and almost anxious expansiveness, which shows there's more to this tricknow --aeets the eye.
Scores range from 20 (almost never anxious) to 80 (almost always anxious), with higher scores correlating with greater anxiety.
Subjects rated their feelings of anxiety on a 4-point scale ranging from a score of 1 (almost never anxious) to 4 (almost always anxious), a higher score indicating a higher anxiety level.
Subjects rated their feelings of anxiety on a four-point scale ranging from one (almost never anxious) to four (almost always anxious), a higher score indicating a higher anxiety level.
She seems almost permanently anxious about one thing or another.
Almost as anxious as I'd been about our first meeting.
It is a trick Mr Harford carries off well, for the most part, though he can sometimes seem almost too anxious to entertain.
Laws seems almost too anxious to prove that he and Nick Clegg were not crypto-Tories set from the outset on an alliance with David Cameron.
