Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an uneasy manner; with uneasiness or pain.
- With difficulty; not readily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an easy manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
uneasy manner; .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with anxiety or apprehension
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Examples
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Seabeck meditated for a mile, and Billy Louise watched him uneasily from the tail of her eye.
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"How-dye, Allaphair!" he called uneasily, while she was yet some yards away.
In Happy Valley John Fox 1891
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Reed’s men watched uneasily from the walls as the armed soldiers rode a circuitous path along the wall of the outer bailey.
The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Seven xcpublishing 2009
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She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily.
Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008
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She recalled uneasily the vague rumors she had heard since arriving in town, rumors about the old hotel becoming a home for some sort of cult, particularly rumors of Dane Lanford, as the cult's despotic leader.
Death Blow Britton, Vickie & Jackson, Loretta 2002
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Metcalfe called uneasily from the passenger cabin.
Firestorm L.A Graf 2000
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