[
US
/ənˈsɝtənɫi/
]
[ UK /ʌnsˈɜːtənli/ ]
[ UK /ʌnsˈɜːtənli/ ]
ADVERB
-
in an unsteady manner
The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
he walked unsteadily toward the exit -
showing lack of certainty
he paused uncertainly
How To Use uncertainly In A Sentence
- A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
- She shook her head uncertainly and drank some of the Coca-Cola which seemed to be on the table in front of her. LAST SHOT
- Everything, Dale," the name clung uncertainly upon the speaker's lips; Joyce of the North Woods
- Torn between the aspect of keeping his lousy grade and keeping up with snot-nosed kindergarteners, he sat in the lounge and rolled his papers between his hands uncertainly.
- he paused uncertainly
- I chanced a look up and Liam smiled uncertainly at me.
- A bleary-eyed Dan stood looking uncertainly at Cary.
- In Barrie's Peter Pan - first staged in 1904, novelized (by Barrie himself) in 1911 and filmed uncertainly ever since - we recognize within seconds the hallmarks of the authentic children's classic.
- She hovered uncertainly near the front door.
- Rob was still poised uncertainly on the doorstep, held at bay either by Kim's urgent stare or Bill's bullhorn.
