Apprehensively
[,æprɪ'hɛnsɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
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Examples
- We--we were only cooling ourselves,' stammered Bumble, looking apprehensively about him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I watched them go down the road, their shawls close around them, looking back apprehensively at us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'm afraid, I'm afraid, whispered Carriston, looking apprehensively at Maurice, that he loves Eunice. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We'll never get another such a master, said Adolph, apprehensively; but I'd rather be sold than take my chance under Missis. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But the effect produced was that of making Mrs. Peniston shrink back apprehensively. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He glanced a trifle apprehensively toward the crowded ball-room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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