uneasily

adverb

un·​eas·​i·​ly ˌən-ˈē-zə-lē How to pronounce uneasily (audio)
: in an uneasy manner
looked around uneasily

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Like his real-life friend and character Molly, Pacilio also uneasily embarked on his second career at age 55, launching into being an author at a time when the publishing world had undergone many changes. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025 Matthiessen’s time with the C.I.A. sits uneasily within his biography. Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 The true death knell, however, is the fact that the mix of dreary and dreamlike — the very juxtaposition that gives Kiss of the Spider Woman its aenima and its sting — sit too uneasily next to each other, as if both halves were stuck in a separate conversation instead of talking to each other. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025 For 50 years, that status quo held uneasily, as subsequent peace efforts failed. Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uneasily

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uneasily was in the 14th century

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“Uneasily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneasily. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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