Synonyms for anxiously
anx·ious·ly

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1. anxiously, uneasily, apprehensivelyadverb

   with anxiety or apprehension

   "we watched anxiously"

   Synonyms:
   uneasily, apprehensively

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1. List of paraphrases for "anxiously":

   eagerly, impatiently

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1. Chinese:

   Do not anxiously expect what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.

2. Paul Roos:

   We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting, he turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator ... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.

3. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson:

   Our community has been anxiously awaiting the return of our three hometown heroes – Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone – so that we can celebrate and honor their incredible courage.

4. A. A. Milne:

   How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   We'd anxiously await mother to cook us a meal, which Jeb Bush never did, if you call pouring a little Hormel out of the box into a boiling pot of water cooking, then Jeb Bush did cook.