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uncertainly

[ US /ənˈsɝtənɫi/ ]
[ UK /ʌnsˈɜːtənli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an unsteady manner
    The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
    he walked unsteadily toward the exit
  2. showing lack of certainty
    he paused uncertainly

How To Use uncertainly In A Sentence

  • Babur holds the bag uncertainly, letting it swing.
  • My mind flickered uncertainly from one half-formed idea to another. THE EXECUTION
  • The conductor blinked uncertainly; J.B. tended to have that effect on folk, and the four of us were sufficiently large and ugly to daunt the stoutest ticket-walloper. THE NUMBERS
  • The woman stepped back, uncertainly, staring at him with the same suspicion, but overlaid now with doubt. A TROUT IN THE MILK
  • It waddled towards the pool, looking less like a predator than like an elderly sumo wrestler tottering uncertainly towards a bout with a reigning champion.
  • Now Mike himself was a sad musician, and the sound of him fandangoin 'uncertainly up and down the fretful spine of that instrument was a tribulation I'd put up with on account of friendship, pure and simple, but when that discord-lovin' lady cliff-dweller set all evenin 'in our tent and scraped snake-dances out of them catguts with a fish-bone, I pulled my freight and laid out in the moonlight with the dogs. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
  • The marine looked at him uncertainly, then grinned through his curling blond beard, leaned forward over his matchlock, and blew.
  • com...'Uh huh...' said Ellie uncertainly, although inside she was starting to feel very excited. LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY
  • Katherine frowned, and the bow wavered uncertainly in her hands.
  • He stood uncertainly in the opening, his head moving from side to side, his weak eyes unable to penetrate the darkness. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
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