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apprehensively



ADVERB
nervously
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My table of strangers look at each other apprehensively, now that it’s clear this night will not be a calm, fully seated one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Krista, a fan who runs the YouTube channel Neopian Lore, is apprehensively excited.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023

Helicopters will drop relief supplies on Wednesday to Indonesian villagers stranded after an earthquake crumpled homes in West Java, while others waited apprehensively to learn the fate of missing relatives.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022

And so, I made a new Discord account — I wasn’t out yet and didn’t want this server linked with my main account — and, somewhat apprehensively, followed the link.

From The Verge ● Aug. 10, 2022

A few people glanced at them apprehensively and kept walking.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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