Uneasily Meaning
/əˈnizəli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn an uneasy manner.
Sentence Examples
He shifted about uneasily in his chair.
He looked around uneasily.
Tom and Mary looked at each other uneasily.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He looked very ____ around the dark and silent room at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He shifted ____ in his seat, not sure how to answer the manager's many difficult and direct questions today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English uneasy Middle English -ly English -ly English uneasily From uneasy + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
"“Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”"
— 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 11:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He looked very ____ around the dark and silent room at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He shifted ____ in his seat, not sure how to answer the manager's many difficult and direct questions today.