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

Your family and pets anxiously wait outside for the firefighters, counting on the heroes that will soon discover the source of smoke and save your home. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

Fans of Jackie, one half of the avian power couple whom thousands of people regularly view via live webcams near their nest, have since anxiously waited for news. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

And Northlanders are already anxiously awaiting its grand opening. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

And count the Packers among teams waiting anxiously for good news about their recovering star. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 27 July 2026

In West Africa, some researchers are anxiously checking to ensure that levels of resistance there have not reached the East African level. — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Biden’s Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, anxiously asked his staff how Israel could justify this scale of destruction. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Singer Gibby Haynes paces anxiously at centerstage, laughing maniacally into a megaphone. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026

Eli Griffith sat in a green room in the bowels of the Javits Center in Manhattan on the first day of Fanatics Fest waiting anxiously alongside his family. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026