uneasily

adverb

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

Examples of uneasily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The bass offers muffled comfort, an accordion weeps, and even the drum stick clicks wobble uneasily. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024 The Chatham Studio Movie Grill opened in 2017 and made a go of it, uneasily, through the first year of COVID. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2024 On a shopping-mall outing, Lacy is thrown uneasily together with Wayne’s daughter, Sequoia (Edie Moon Kearns), yet the girls become fast friends. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024 Places of worship owned by both the Tongan Free Church and the Wesleyan Church of Tonga continue to sit, albeit now somewhat less uneasily, in close proximity to each other throughout the islands. Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for uneasily 

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Word History

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 26 Jul. 2024.

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