apprehensively

adverb

as in anxiously

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Recent Examples of apprehensively This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
  1. anxiously
  2. uneasily
  3. uncomfortably
Adverb
  • Instead of anxiously texting every hour or laying on a guilt trip, try finding a consistent time to check in every week.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of anxiously
Adverb
  • Both countries are uneasily preoccupied with their trajectory these days.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This oversharing of small details exists uneasily alongside a surprising lack of reflection on the book’s ostensible themes.
    — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of uneasily
Adverb
  • The most prominent melodies tend to juggle only two or three notes at a time, often over uncomfortably close intervals.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • There is a national shortage; a physician fired for speaking uncomfortably will have another offer within weeks.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of uncomfortably

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