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anxiously

/ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ adverb B1
  1. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. · He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child.
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Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not get dry very soon.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 16 · B2
“A knot!” said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 20 · B2
It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself “The Duchess!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2
It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 29 · B2

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