UNCOMFORTABLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

uncomfortably

adverb

as in uneasily

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Recent Examples of uncomfortably And survey data reported by Bloomberg found that 64 percent of young men who trade stocks daily describe themselves as failures, roughly double the rate among less frequent traders and uncomfortably close to the rate among daily gamblers. — Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Zuckerberg positions Meta’s commitment to open-source as critical to challenging Chinese open-source models from DeepSeek and Moonshot which have been getting uncomfortably close to the American frontier. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 The most prominent melodies tend to juggle only two or three notes at a time, often over uncomfortably close intervals. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 Overusing dry mode can make the air uncomfortably dry and strain the unit. — The Spruce, 31 July 2026 On a blindingly sunny evening in June, the interior was uncomfortably warm. — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026 Overnight conditions will remain uncomfortably hot, with temperatures dipping only into the upper 70s. — Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Cataldi retired in 2022, at the end of an uncomfortably blissful year in which the Phillies made the World Series and the Eagles went to the Super Bowl. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 The audience — all Christians themselves — darted worried looks to one another, shifting uncomfortably in their seats. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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Both countries are uneasily preoccupied with their trajectory these days.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
This oversharing of small details exists uneasily alongside a surprising lack of reflection on the book’s ostensible themes.

— Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of uneasily

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Instead of anxiously texting every hour or laying on a guilt trip, try finding a consistent time to check in every week.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Your family and pets anxiously wait outside for the firefighters, counting on the heroes that will soon discover the source of smoke and save your home.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

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