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unˈcomfortably, adv.
[f. as prec.]
In an uncomfortable manner; with discomfort or uneasiness, disagreeably; † inconsolably.
c1425St. Mary of Oignies ii. iii. 13 in Anglia VIII. 158 Þe holy man..made dule vncomfortabely for defoylynge of chirches. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. V, 60 b, This miserable people vncomfortably forsaken & vnnaturally dispised of their owne nacion. 1594Drayton Matilda xxxvi, Thus in my closet being left alone, Vpon the floore vncomfortably lying. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 6 Water is so necessarie a creature, as nothing can be more dangerously or vncomfortably wanting to the life of man. 1643–5Milton Divorce ii. viii, Rather then to live uncomfortably and unhappily both to himself and to his wife,..he might dismisse her. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 112, I wander'd about very uncomfortably. 1796M. Robinson Angelina I. 104, I felt most uncomfortably, and would have given anything I possess to have been out of the carriage. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. ix. 96 Long and uncomfortably have I pondered over these opposing calls. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 236/1 The native article becomes uncomfortably sticky in the heat of tropical climates. |