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watchfully



ADVERB
warily
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He eschewed the frantic approach of the top order, watchfully rebuilding with his equally unflappable Surrey team-mate Atkinson.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2024

Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2023

I remember feeling perfectly safe during the dinner — I assumed, and later was told, that the two agents inside the house were supplemented by others lurking watchfully outside.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2022

STEVENS, Pa. — They settled, watchfully, into position — a retired couple armed with a long-nose camera and three men with shotguns.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2020

So her sleep was broken and shallow, on the floor of the shack with all the other sleepers, and her death sat watchfully beside her.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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