In a tense manner.

plural of tenseness

plural of tensing

(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.

(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).

A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.

(grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.

(grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.

The conditional mood.