Meaning

1 senses
  1. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension

    with anxiety or apprehension

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The girl looked around apprehensively.

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  2. Tom looked at Mary apprehensively.

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  3. They stared apprehensively at one another.

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  4. He looked about him quickly and apprehensively and finding himself quite alone, began wandering about aimlessly, nervous and irritable.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

more apprehensively, most apprehensively
Comparativemore apprehensively Lesson
Superlativemost apprehensively

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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