1 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.
2 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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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of uncomfortably come from?
This entry for uncomfortably is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is uncomfortably a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, uncomfortably is tagged as adverb.
Does uncomfortably appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — uncomfortably appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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