as in uncomfortably
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Recent Examples of uneasily
Even so, the current focus on the rest of the world surely sits uneasily with parts of his base.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
Both sit uneasily in a politics that treats freedom as self-executing.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
John of John, Stuart’s third novel, follows a closeted young art student returning to his childhood home in Scotland’s Hebrides islands, where his unwell grandmother and conservative lay preacher father live uneasily under the same roof.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
These moments sit uneasily alongside patients the show treats with real feeling, like Louie, an older alcoholic who recurs through the first half of the season and is understood as a familiar presence in the ER.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
Both sit uneasily in a politics that treats freedom as self-executing.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
John of John, Stuart’s third novel, follows a closeted young art student returning to his childhood home in Scotland’s Hebrides islands, where his unwell grandmother and conservative lay preacher father live uneasily under the same roof.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
These moments sit uneasily alongside patients the show treats with real feeling, like Louie, an older alcoholic who recurs through the first half of the season and is understood as a familiar presence in the ER.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneasily
Adverb
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In the modern American workplace, the romantic metaphors are getting uncomfortably literal.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The detritus of the birthday party forces her to look back — perhaps uncomfortably, if only fleetingly, for a woman whose career is all about momentum.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Parties on both sides of a long-running debate over the California Public Utilities Commission’s controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations are anxiously awaiting a ruling from the state’s court of appeals.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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For now, worried residents are anxiously awaiting the public meeting, and Quant is hanging her hopes on getting a contested case hearing on the books.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The New York of the nineteen-eighties was, warily, a city in transition.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Authorities said the shooter critically wounded Rhonda Dorgan’s parents and a family friend.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Five people were injured — two critically — in an explosion at an upstate New York church Tuesday morning.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Uneasily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneasily. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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