Synonyms of anxiously

anxiously

adverb

as in apprehensively

Related Words

• apprehensively
• uneasily
• uncomfortably
• critically
• cynically
• warily
• negatively
• reproachfully
• disapprovingly
• reprovingly
• disparagingly
• unfavorably
• hesitantly
• guardedly
• hesitatingly
• incredulously
• quizzically
• questioningly
• deprecatingly
• captiously
• suspiciously
• skeptically
• unbelievingly
• doubtfully
• charily
• dubiously
• distrustfully
• askance
• reproachingly
• doubtingly
• sideways
• mistrustfully

Dissimilar Words

• positively
• trustingly
• favorably
• confidently
• approvingly
• trustfully
• uncritically
• unquestioningly
• sanguinely
• credulously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anxiously

Nelza Moktan anxiously sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa. — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

With college football beginning in earnest this Saturday, many fans are anxiously awaiting to see how the chips will fall in a wide open season in 2026. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Guillen’s family waited anxiously as the same surgical team who treated Hawley four years before removed part of Guillen’s skull to release the pressure on her brain. — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Sunil Pradhan / Anadolu via Getty Images Syed Sadique, who runs a tour agency based in southern India, was waiting anxiously for news on the fate of 57 people traveling with his company, including his tour guide son, Sayed Umar Farook. — Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Joel Dowen paced back and forth on the second floor of his Concord residence as DEA agents waited anxiously outside. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

And these new contestants are now all anxiously waiting to find out who among them will be literally hand-selected as Traitors courtesy of a secret shoulder touch by Cumming. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

Brave Irene wrestles the dress and rides the box downhill like a sled in order to reach the duchess, who is anxiously waiting for her gown. — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026