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as in playfully
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Recent Examples of skittishly
While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittishly
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Likewise, reflect on a series of twelve portraits in which three young white men, Matsura, and his friend Cecil Jim (niece of the imposing Chiliwhist Jim) assume different pairings and playfully switch hats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Listeners don’t have to understand Spanish in order to feel the passion by McFly, who playfully strums her guitar.—
David J. Bohnet,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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New York desperately needs a win against deGrom, but Alonso knows that's never an easy task.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Royals, who are desperately clinging to slim playoff odds, now have four-fifths of their Opening Day rotation on the IL after Lugo and Wacha joined Kris Bubic and Cole Ragans on the shelf.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bone Cancer Bone cancer develops when abnormal cells multiply and grow uncontrollably, forming a tumor in the bone.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Some are stockpiling ingredients, while others are frantically seeking alternative suppliers.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The song's interplay between choir and orchestra is buoyantly euphoric, opening a door to bolder, more intentionally progressive and soulful sounds in the country's mainstream.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 May 2025
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That seems like a crazily low number of songs.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Guessing crazily at the future, the gambler is granted, briefly, the gift of now.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Usher and his wife, Jennifer Raymond, were seated next to the Jonases, with both singer husbands talking animatedly.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The two animatedly discuss the issue, veering off topic at times into snake-hunting and a plot point from a Spider-Man film.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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But then, given how frenetically thrashing the entire tariff and trade policy and strategy have been in practice, expecting a predictable rollout and impact was probably unrealistic on everyone’s part.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even with its two hour-plus running time, Franz feels dense but nimble, Tomasz Naumiuk’s cinematography often in motion, or static as the characters flow frenetically from room to room within the frame, especially in the Kafka family home.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Skittishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittishly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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