uncertainly

From Middle English uncerteynliche, uncertanlye. By surface analysis, uncertain +‎ -ly or un- +‎ certainly.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɜːtən.li/, /-lɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: un‧cer‧tain‧ly

uncertainly (comparative more uncertainly, superlative most uncertainly)

1. In an uncertain manner.

   Antonym: certainly

   • 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 […]