as in anxiously
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
Adverb
-
Their first true punch landed Friday, in the latter stages of the first quarter, put Minnesota’s defense on its heels, and the Wolves spent the rest of the evening in the corner, anxiously awaiting the bell.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Someone who anxiously lies awake at night may need stress-management strategies.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
Matthiessen’s time with the C.I.A. sits uneasily within his biography.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
-
The true death knell, however, is the fact that the mix of dreary and dreamlike — the very juxtaposition that gives Kiss of the Spider Woman its aenima and its sting — sit too uneasily next to each other, as if both halves were stuck in a separate conversation instead of talking to each other.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
Contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert used to always sleep with an arm uncomfortably placed under her pillow to help prop her head up.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
-
His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share