as in anxiously
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
Adverb
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At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
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Iran was the eighth-best third-place team entering the final match, anxiously needing either team to lose secure that spot.
Adverb
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László Moholy-Nagy hovers low over a gaggle of pigeons, suspending the viewer uneasily between protector and predator.
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Most respondents cluster uneasily in the middle, reflecting ambivalence rather than ideological conviction.
Adverb
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The problem is that after weeks of operating at that speed, normal life can feel uncomfortably slow.
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They are forced back together to uncover the secrets buried deep within their family’s past and in doing so, must confront the harsh and often uncomfortably hilarious realities of the present.
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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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