apprehensively

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Lily, however, says she is used to people acting apprehensively around Doug but tells us she firmly believes that a dog's behaviour is determined by how it is brought up and trained.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

They squinted at each tube that came out of the water and laughed apprehensively when asked about all the chemicals they were possibly holding in their hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 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

He glanced back apprehensively, half expecting to find the limp white things crawling after him in sightless pursuit or snaking up through the treetops in a writhing and ungovernable mutative mass.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller