misgiving
noun
Often misgivings. a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.
misgivingly
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a word derived from
misgiving.
Example Sentences
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It was misgivingly predicted at home by divers friends that I would be as a lamb set loose among wolves, and lose all my money at the outstart.
From Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland
The judge had gone to him misgivingly, fully determined to fight his exactions; but there was no need, and to his own surprise matters were arranged in a moment.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
Whines from several of the dogs made Fledra step inside, whence she glanced out misgivingly to see if she had been observed.
From From the Valley of the Missing by Grace Miller White
This truth is felt beforehand misgivingly and in troubled vision, by a young man who stands upon the threshold of manhood.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
His friends shook their heads misgivingly, but he only smiled at their fears.
From Added Upon A Story by Nephi Anderson
