Definitions

anxiously

[angk-shuhs-lee, ang-] / ˈæŋk ʃəs li, ˈæŋ- /

ADVERB

carefully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attentively conscientiously correctly deliberately delicately discreetly faithfully fully gingerly laboriously meticulously precisely prudently rigorously scrupulously thoroughly thoughtfully warily

WEAK

circumspectly concernedly dependably exactly fastidiously guardedly heedfully honorably in detail particularly providently punctiliously regardfully reliably solicitously trustily uprightly vigilantly watchfully with forethought with reservations

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially uncarefully

WEAK

carelessly incautiously thoughtlessly

ADVERB

nervously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

excitedly restlessly

WEAK

apprehensively

Example Sentences

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Conflagrations abound—in one, a pair of rabbits anxiously scamper across a road to outrun the flames.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two thousand souls, believers and skeptics in roughly equal numbers, anxiously waited to hear from Maggie Fox.

From Literature

I am anxiously awaiting my third one in March.

From MarketWatch

Almost everyone is anxiously staring at the TVs, willing those same four men to reach a Winter Olympic final.

From BBC

She was peering anxiously at him and Chip.

From Literature