uncertainly
Syllables: un·cer·tain·lyUK/ʌnˈsɜːtən.li//ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/
uncertainly adverb: in an uncertain manner.
Adverb
uncertainly (comparative more uncertainly, superlative most uncertainly)
- In an uncertain manner.
- "No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer. ¶ "Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly.1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life
- 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[…]2007, Edward F. Mooney, On Søren Kierkegaard, page 195
- Antonyms:
- certainly
uncertainly meaning in Tamil and Urdu
uncertainly in Tamil
- நிச்சயமின்மை
uncertainly in Urdu
- غیرواضح طور پر, مبہم طور پر, ناقابل اعتبار طرز پر, تذبذب کے ساتھ
Antonyms of uncertainly
Forms of uncertainly
| comparative | more uncertainly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most uncertainly |
Origin of uncertainly
From Middle English uncerteynliche, uncertanlye. By surface analysis, uncertain + -ly or un- + certainly.
Questions about uncertainly
- What does uncertainly mean?
- Uncertainly means in an uncertain manner.
- What is uncertainly in Tamil?
- Uncertainly in Tamil is நிச்சயமின்மை. See Uncertainly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is uncertainly?
- Uncertainly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce uncertainly?
- Uncertainly is pronounced /ʌnˈsɜːtən.li/ (UK).
Words near uncertainly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncertainly (page history and authors); uncertainly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uncertainly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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