uncomfortably
adverb/ʌnˈkʌmftəbli/, /ʌnˈkʌmfətəbli/
/ʌnˈkʌmftəbli/, /ʌnˈkʌmfərtəbli/
Word Family
- comfort noun verb
- comfortable adjective (≠ uncomfortable)
- comfortably adverb (≠ uncomfortably)
- comforting adjective
- in a way that makes you feel anxious or embarrassed; in a way that shows you are anxious or embarrassed
- I became uncomfortably aware that no one else was laughing.
- Her comment was uncomfortably close to the truth.
- He shifted uncomfortably in his seat when I mentioned money.
- in a way that is not physically comfortable
- I was feeling uncomfortably hot.
- She perched uncomfortably on the edge of the table.
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uncomfortably