All 4 Uses
apprehensive
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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- "Maybe you shouldn't talk about God like that," said Neeley apprehensively.†
Chpt 37 *
- "You didn't tell him about the others?" asked Katie apprehensively.†
Chpt 47
- "You going to tell Mama?" asked Neeley apprehensively.†
Chpt 51
- That is," she added hastily with an apprehensive look at her daughter, "when you're old enough to know your own mind."†
Chpt 51apprehensive = nervous or worried
Definitions:
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(1)
(apprehensive) worried over possible misfortune
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)