Uncomfortably Meaning
/əˈnkʌmfərtəbli/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn an uncomfortable manner.
Sentence Examples
Tom shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
Tom smiled and laughed uncomfortably.
Lydia shifted uncomfortably in her chair.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She sat ____ on the tiny stool for the whole performance because it was too small.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The room was ____ hot this morning, so we had to open all the windows and turn on the electric fans today.
Word Origin & History
From uncomfortable + -ly or un- + comfortably.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Everyone else shifted uncomfortably as this guy continued his derisive laughter and proclaimed my quest the most idiotic thing he'd heard in his life."
— 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131:
"What I deemed a welcoming community when I moved into it (despite its name), feels uncomfortably different to me after someone from my HOA posted on Nextdoor (which groups members into virtual neighborhoods based on their real addresses) about removing “plantation” from Haile Plantation as a consideration toward residents and visitors who are Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC)."
— 2020 August 1, Yelena Moroz Alpert, “What my Nextdoor neighbors don’t get about the word ‘plantation’”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She sat ____ on the tiny stool for the whole performance because it was too small.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The room was ____ hot this morning, so we had to open all the windows and turn on the electric fans today.