uneasily

adverb

un·​eas·​i·​ly ˌən-ˈē-zə-lē 

: in an uneasy manner

Examples of uneasily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first episode of the show has landed a bit uneasily with critics, who view the show as something of a crisis communications project. —Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025

Content by this author: Israel Steps Into Syria Last week, after two years of uneasily watching the Syrian crisis from the sidelines, Israel staged a bombing run near Damascus. —Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024

The narrative of moral decay also sits uneasily with the underlying data. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025

This reality, though, hangs uneasily throughout the reality show. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uneasily

• easily