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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
Adverb
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Venus Williams playfully shaded her former doubles partner and sister Serena during the US Open.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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Between her huge mane of hair and his white cowboy hat, Gaga and Mars playfully evoked '70s country music duos.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kids desperately want to be able to explore and play without adults micromanaging them, Skenazy says.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Footage from the rescue mission shared by Michigan State Police on X shows the woman frantically waving towards the helicopter above her while lost amongst the trees.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Dexter begins frantically searching the paperwork for something that could point him toward the eight-digit vault code that could grant him freedom.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 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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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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Then, in the 58th minute, he was seen speaking into his mobile phone, talking and gesticulating animatedly.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Huger was ultimately charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Skittishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittishly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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