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.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
Adverb
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Dearest gentle reader, As the Ton anxiously awaits the second half of Bridgerton‘s fourth season to debut this weekend, plenty of questions need to find their resolutions.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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His flight departure date remains uncertain, as most parts of the city are still anxiously waiting for signs to return to normalcy.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Larry has cohabited, sometimes uneasily, with prime ministerial pets including Boris Johnson’s Jack Russell cross Dilyn and Rishi Sunak’s Labrador retriever Nova.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Even as cheap shots of downtown LA’s skid row try to jam in social context uneasily.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Minghella waited for the familiar moment when the character’s flaws would start to look uncomfortably familiar.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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If those numbers still sound uncomfortably high, consider that 90 percent of American kids have gotten at least one MMR dose.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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