Dictionary

uncertainly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/ (General-American)
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• /ʌnˈsɜːtən.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-lɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Antonyms

certainly

Translations (16)

pl niepewnie (in an uncertain manner) · sv trevande (in an uncertain manner) · es inciertamente (in an uncertain manner) · sv tveksamt (in an uncertain manner) · fr confusément (in an uncertain manner) · pt incertamente (in an uncertain manner) · pl niezdecydowanie (in an uncertain manner) · el αβέβαια (in an uncertain manner) · sv osäkert (in an uncertain manner) · fi epävarmasti (in an uncertain manner) · fr aléatoirement (in an uncertain manner) · it aleatoriamente (in an uncertain manner) · hu bizonytalanul (in an uncertain manner) · it dubbiosamente (in an uncertain manner) · ca incertament (in an uncertain manner) · ru неопределённо (in an uncertain manner)