请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 uneasily
释义

uneasily

adverb

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Aside from its affliction, the town stays uneasily relatable, even given its Amish overtones, herds of wet goats and Bavarian-sounding street names. Suzanne Berne, Washington Post, 27 June 2022 Mother and daughter negotiated their relationship uneasily. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 The spotty news emerging from Chernobyl this spring uneasily echoed the trajectory of several of the world’s major nuclear disasters, including Japan’s Fukushima and Three Mile Island in the United States. Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 The protesters have long been a fixture in Jackson’s Fondren neighborhood, coexisting uneasily among its hip shops and cafes. New York Times, 26 June 2022 Born and raised in Tehran, the 41-year-old director made his name with Scandinavian movies that balance uneasily between kitchen-sink realism and supernatural horror. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 Performative anti-political correctness sits uneasily alongside hopes of a new multiracial working-class conservatism. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 18 May 2022 This new approach sits uneasily alongside recent conservative defenses of Hobby Lobby and Masterpiece Cakeshop. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 22 Apr. 2022 Tweets confirmed that the crowd inside the Dolby Theatre laughed uneasily at first, but then grew silent. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

uneasily

adverb

as in uncomfortably

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • uncomfortably
  • anxiously
  • apprehensively
  • warily
  • reproachfully
  • disapprovingly
  • cynically
  • reprovingly
  • critically
  • negatively
  • disparagingly
  • unfavorably
  • hesitantly
  • quizzically
  • incredulously
  • guardedly
  • questioningly
  • hesitatingly
  • deprecatingly
  • doubtfully
  • suspiciously
  • unbelievingly
  • askance
  • charily
  • distrustfully
  • skeptically
  • dubiously
  • doubtingly
  • captiously
  • askant
  • reproachingly
  • sideways
  • mistrustfully

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approvingly
  • confidently
  • trustingly
  • positively
  • favorably
  • trustfully
  • sanguinely
  • uncritically
  • unquestioningly
  • credulously
See More
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/25 3:26:12