unsurely

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adverb

In an unsure manner.

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Meanings

adverbunsurely (comparative more unsurely, superlative most unsurely)

comparative more unsurely · superlative most unsurely

  1. In an unsure manner.

    I also look over at Tim, then at Courtney and then at Tim again, who looks at me once more before answering slowly, unsurely, "Cactus pear."

    1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN

Origin

From unsure + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

unsurely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurely

MLA

“unsurely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsurely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurely.

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