anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively
(adverb) with anxiety or apprehension; “we watched anxiously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apprehensively (comparative more apprehensively, superlative most apprehensively)
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`pre*hen"sive*ly, adv.
Definition: In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Ap`pre*hen"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. appréhensif. See Apprehend.]
1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.
2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.] A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. Jer. Taylor.
3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension. Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. Sir W. Hamilton.
4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil. Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. Tillotson. Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. Gladstone.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.] Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 September 2024
(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
