Meaning & use
Trepidatiously
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In a fearful or anxious manner, with a sense of dread or hesitation.
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She trepidatiously opened the envelope containing her exam results.
He stepped trepidatiously onto the ice, unsure it would hold his weight.
A note on using this word
This adverb is a fairly recent, informal coinage from "trepidation"; careful writers sometimes prefer the more traditional phrase "with trepidation."
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