as in apprehensively
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The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025 -
In the packed two-hour finale, Matty works uneasily with former close friend and current boss Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) to discover whether Olympia's ex-husband Julian (Jason Ritter) was the guilty party.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Anxiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anxiously. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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