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Definition of uneasily in English: uneasilyadverbʌnˈiːzɪliˌənˈizɪli 1In a way that shows anxiety or discomfort. I shifted uneasily in my seat the men glanced uneasily at each other Example sentencesExamples - When we arrived at the gate, we found several armed guards there, looking uneasily at our pack of escorts.
- He laughed uneasily as he explained the methodology.
- I wondered uneasily if the brakes were power assisted or not.
- A few of the customers look up uneasily from their menus.
- He glanced uneasily at Catherine's tightly clenched fist.
2In a way that is awkward or incongruous. his personality sits uneasily with his origins quite luxurious enclaves coexist uneasily with slums and ghettos Example sentencesExamples - His beliefs often clashed uneasily with his role as an employer of labour.
- The range of provision was described as fragmentary, disjointed, and uneasily reliant on unpredictable, inadequate, or short-term funding streams.
- It's a language that offers a safety valve against a discourse that oscillates uneasily between a strangulated avoidance of reality and an ugly violence.
- Its theatre run was uneasily slotted between Lady Windermere's Fan and The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
- The feudal origins of modern land law include rights and obligations that rest uneasily within 21st-century concepts of human rights.
Definition of uneasily in US English: uneasilyadverbˌənˈizɪliˌənˈēzilē 1In a way that shows anxiety or discomfort. I shifted uneasily in my seat the men glanced uneasily at each other Example sentencesExamples - He glanced uneasily at Catherine's tightly clenched fist.
- A few of the customers look up uneasily from their menus.
- He laughed uneasily as he explained the methodology.
- I wondered uneasily if the brakes were power assisted or not.
- When we arrived at the gate, we found several armed guards there, looking uneasily at our pack of escorts.
2In a way that is awkward or incongruous. his personality sits uneasily with his origins quite luxurious enclaves coexist uneasily with slums and ghettos Example sentencesExamples - It's a language that offers a safety valve against a discourse that oscillates uneasily between a strangulated avoidance of reality and an ugly violence.
- Its theatre run was uneasily slotted between Lady Windermere's Fan and The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
- The range of provision was described as fragmentary, disjointed, and uneasily reliant on unpredictable, inadequate, or short-term funding streams.
- The feudal origins of modern land law include rights and obligations that rest uneasily within 21st-century concepts of human rights.
- His beliefs often clashed uneasily with his role as an employer of labour.
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