ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Uneasily

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Uneasily is an adverb meaning In an uneasy manner.

Meaning

In an uneasy manner.

Example Sentences

“Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”
On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.

Synonyms for uneasily

Depending on context, synonyms include hesitantly, restlessly, apprehensively, anxiously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apprehensively, anxiously, awkwardly, hardly, nervously, restlessly.

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