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as in agitatedly
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as in playfully
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittishly
Adverb
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While others were desperately fleeing Afghanistan, Seierstad traveled there alone to see the impact of the Taliban victory.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025 -
Cena transitioned into an STFU and Rhodes desperately grabbed the ropes.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Butters in particular kills it, going from surfer chick to worrying mom clutching a glass of crisp white wine, frantically trying to save her engagement while stuck inside the body of a teenager.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ford’s wife, Mary, had already left early for her job as a nurse when Tommy started frantically trying to wake him up.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Then again, maybe $1,000 just rolls trippingly off the tongue and into Trump’s good graces.—
Stephen Gandel,
The Seattle Times,
3 Feb. 2018
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One man, whose arrogance and ego lead him trippingly into chaos of his own making, can turn a shining city on the hill into a shadowy, taudry replica of itself. …—
James Hohmann,
Washington Post,
14 July 2017
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“Skittishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittishly. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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