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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Hundreds of actors sit anxiously, reciting dialogue to themselves.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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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
Adverb
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It’s been 45 minutes since Annette requested her swimsuit, and Ben is still rolling wraps while Jason watches uneasily.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
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
Adverb
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Oman, too, like other Gulf nations reported attacks that came uncomfortably close to home.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war many African officials once viewed as distant and European is now uncomfortably close to home.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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