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
  • Sanchez, though, was anxiously waiting for a prime-time opportunity with his national team.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Each year when Wimbledon rolls around, tennis fans crane their necks and watch their TV screens with undivided attention for a glance at the Royal Box, anxiously awaiting if Kate Middleton will be in attendance.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 July 2026
Definition of anxiously
Adverb
  • László Moholy-Nagy hovers low over a gaggle of pigeons, suspending the viewer uneasily between protector and predator.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
  • Most respondents cluster uneasily in the middle, reflecting ambivalence rather than ideological conviction.
    — Alexis Montambault-Trudelle, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
Definition of uneasily
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  • Inflation, growing demand, static energy supply and expensive decarbonization goals contribute to making energy an uncomfortably big part of many household budgets.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • Turf absorbs heat and can get uncomfortably hot, especially during the summer.
    — Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026
Definition of uncomfortably

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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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