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uncertainly

adverb

  1. lacking confidence
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Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɜːtən.li/ / /-lɪ/ / /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/

adv

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

  1. In an uncertain manner.

    "No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer. ¶ "Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly.

    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[…]