uncertainly

English

Etymology

From Middle English uncerteynliche, uncertanlye; equivalent to uncertain +‎ -ly or un- +‎ certainly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɝtn̩li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɜːtn̩li/, /-lɪ/

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• Hyphenation: un‧cer‧tain‧ly

Adverb

uncertainly (comparative more uncertainly, superlative most uncertainly)

1. In an uncertain manner.
   • 1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life:

     "No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer.
     "Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly.

   • 2007, Edward F. Mooney, On Søren Kierkegaard, page 195:

     I sketch the place of others, pinning them down with objective confidence within an institutional, urban, or rural landscape, yet only failingly, uncertainly, imagine where I really belong […]

Antonyms

• certainly

Translations

in an uncertain manner

• Catalan: incertament (ca)
• Finnish: epävarmasti (fi)
• French: aléatoirement (fr), confusément (fr)
• Greek: αβέβαια (el) (avévaia)
• Hungarian: bizonytalanul (hu)
• Italian: dubbiosamente (it), aleatoriamente
• Polish: niepewnie (pl), niezdecydowanie (pl)
• Russian: неопределённо (ru) (neopredeljónno)
• Spanish: inciertamente (es)