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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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Syria desperately needs investment to rebuild infrastructure and reduce widespread poverty.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025 -
Please, Floridians, speak up to save Medicaid, SNAP and services our communities desperately need.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
Adverb
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For a time, all is chaos, the men frantically running, apparently without direction or strategy.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The men frantically began waving at an approaching car.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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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 23 May. 2025.
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