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as in agitatedly
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as in playfully
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittishly
Adverb
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The San Diego Padres desperately need to add a left fielder at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025 -
While athleticism and maximum effort are always evident with Volpe, the Yankees desperately need stability at shortstop right now instead of below-average performances accompanied by ongoing concerns at third base.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
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Then again, maybe $1,000 just rolls trippingly off the tongue and into Trump’s good graces.—
Stephen Gandel,
The Seattle Times,
3 Feb. 2018
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One man, whose arrogance and ego lead him trippingly into chaos of his own making, can turn a shining city on the hill into a shadowy, taudry replica of itself. …—
James Hohmann,
Washington Post,
14 July 2017
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“Skittishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittishly. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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