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# uneasily

adverb (uneasily)

«uneasily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Uneasily means in a worried, nervous or uncomfortable way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#m1)
2. Uneasily can also mean awkwardly or not settled, like two things sitting uneasily together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character feeling that something is wrong: looking around uneasily, laughing uneasily, shifting uneasily in a chair. It tells the reader to expect trouble or tension. Phrase: «sit uneasily with» means not to fit well together.

### Examples

- She looked around uneasily in the dark corridor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x1)
- He laughed uneasily at the strange joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x2)
- The dog sniffed the air uneasily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x3)
- Tom shifted uneasily in his seat when the teacher asked who did it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x4)
- The two ideas sit uneasily together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x5)
- We waited uneasily for the test results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/#x6)

### Note

From «uneasy» + «-ly»; y becomes i: «uneasily». Opposite: «easily» only in the «comfortable» sense, so better «calmly» or «comfortably».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uneasily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uneasily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uneasily.html) on Mova free.