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.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
Adverb
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Limon’s family has been anxiously following updates.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Left Arrow Right Arrow As the 2026 NFL Draft soldiered on through Saturday afternoon, many young men anxiously awaited the news of their fates for the next several years of football.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Most of this sits rather uneasily with the evidence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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Businesses operate in an environment where formal and informal systems coexist uneasily.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the movie itself is uncomfortably problematic in a way that’s hard to overlook.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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Not long into his second term, Bush sat uncomfortably as Stephen Colbert, then a Comedy Central host, hammered him with an aggressiveness unusual for the dinner.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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