uneasily

adverb

un·​eas·​i·​ly ˌən-ˈē-zə-lē How to pronounce uneasily (audio)
: in an uneasy manner

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Push and pull Reflecting this tension, the Supreme Court developed a pair of legal doctrines that sit uneasily alongside each other. Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025 Williams sought to do it through betrayals and lies, which sat with him uneasily. Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025 The heavy-handed symbolism of this last image sits a little uneasily with the semisatirical mode in which the story has been rendered. Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 And so matters stayed, uneasily but alertly, until 1980. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for uneasily 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uneasily was in the 14th century

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“Uneasily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneasily. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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