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Apprehensively Definition & Meaning

apprehensively
adverb
  1. with anxiety or apprehension; "we watched anxiously"

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What does apprehensively mean?
with anxiety or apprehension; "we watched anxiously"
What part of speech is apprehensively?
Apprehensively is an adverb.

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