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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Sentinel-Stars were bought anxiously and passed from hand to hand.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
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Courtney Crowder Just before polls closed across Iowa Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart was already anxiously awaiting Wednesday — and, really, the next 150 or so until Election Day.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
2 June 2026
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Most respondents cluster uneasily in the middle, reflecting ambivalence rather than ideological conviction.—
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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Though initially humbled by a world where women run everything and men fight for recognition, Damien adapts uneasily to the power imbalance and decides to pursue the CEO role alongside Alex.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Whereas Heineman’s film used its incredible access to the central couple to capture moments that come across as beautifully and uncomfortably intimate and unstaged, Bergh (The Greatest Love Story Never Told) uses his access to make everything pretty and entirely too contrived.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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There’s a moment inside Nick Doyle’s new show at Perrotin when his AI oracle Ava stops feeling like a gimmick and starts sounding uncomfortably familiar.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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