trepidatious
adjective
trep·i·da·tious
ˌtre-pə-ˈdā-shəs
variants
or less commonly trepidacious
: feeling trepidation : apprehensive
Within a couple of minutes of coming "on stage" she had an immediate rapport with the studio audience, discussing with candor what sort of questions they might have, and had the whole session in hand and us trepidatious panelists at ease.—Malcolm S. Forbes
trepidatiously
adverb
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