apprehensively
In worried anticipation
Apprehensively means with anxiety or unease about something that might happen.
The adverb describes actions colored by worry or dread: She glanced apprehensively at the dark clouds gathering overhead.
Someone who speaks or moves apprehensively anticipates trouble.
In an anxious manner
- uneasilyIn a worried manner
- worriedlyIn an anxious manner
- fretfullyIn a worried manner
- restlesslyWithout calm or peace
fearfully · timidly · hesitantly · tensely · concernedly · anxiously · uncertainly · doubtfully
In a scared way
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- tremblinglyIn a shaking manner
- nervouslyIn an anxious manner
- frightenedlyIn a terrified way
timorously · skittishly · jumpily · warily · guardedly · with bated breath · shiveringly
With watchful caution
- guardedlyWith protective caution
- vigilantlyWith keen awareness
- watchfullyIn an observant manner
- circumspectlyWith watchful prudence
hesitantly · gingerly · carefully · leery · charily · suspiciously · distrustfully · skeptically
nervously
In an anxious manner
restlessly · fearfully · timidly · hesitantly · tensely · concernedly · anxiously · uncertainly · doubtfully · tremulously
fearfully
In a scared way
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- tremblinglyIn a shaking manner
- nervouslyIn an anxious manner
frightenedly · timorously · skittishly · jumpily · warily · guardedly · with bated breath · shiveringly
warily
With watchful caution
- guardedlyWith protective caution
- vigilantlyWith keen awareness
- watchfullyIn an observant manner
circumspectly · hesitantly · gingerly · carefully · leery · charily · suspiciously · distrustfully · skeptically · alertly
apprehensivelyconfidently
With self-assurance
fearlessly · boldly · bravely · courageously · dauntlessly
apprehensivelyconfidently
With self-assurance
calmly · assuredly · serenely · composedly · tranquilly