APPREHENSIVELY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

apprehensively

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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. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

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López can still picture her father holding the radio up to the window on rainy or cloudy days and putting his ear close to its speakers, anxiously trying to catch the signal before the Mensajero Rural ended.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Mitchell will enter free agency in late January, when the Fever will anxiously await her decision.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxiously

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Around him, media members watched uneasily as event organizers scrambled to determine the winner of the women’s marathon.

— Vivian Yao, Baltimore Sun, 17 Oct. 2026
After some back and forth, with Salazar’s spokesperson looking on uneasily, the congresswoman turned to the priest.

— Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of uneasily

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The students stirred uncomfortably at the clear breach of protocol.

— Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In 1932, Carlos (Milo Quifes) is a young man in Grenada at a time when Spain is lurching uncomfortably towards an ever-increasing spiteful intolerance of homosexuality.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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