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Uncomfortably   /ənkˈəmftəbli/   Listen
Uncomfortably

adverb
1.
In physical discomfort.  Antonym: comfortably.






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"Uncomfortably" Quotes from Famous Books



... Alden departed. Mr. Oppner heard him brushing against the bushes in passing. Crouching there uncomfortably, and looking out across the road to the gateway of The Cedars, Oppner saw a singular thing, a thing that made ...
— The Sins of Severac Bablon • Sax Rohmer

... America in which to travel great distances, are very remarkable for their many strange adventures, and I was very much interested but also perturbed when the black garcon placed my bag and overcoat upon the floor at the feet of a very prim lady and left me to stand uncomfortably ...
— The Daredevil • Maria Thompson Daviess

... uncomfortably impressed by the demeanour of the dog than by Julian's declaration and subsequent agitation. He had been inclined to attribute the whole affair to a trick of his friend's nerves. But the nervous system of a fox-terrier was surely, under such circumstances ...
— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens

... flushed uncomfortably under the admiration of Mr. Jerry and Mary Rose. "Mary Rose," she said hurriedly, "don't you know you ...
— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett

... held himself with some dignity in the tumble-down reception hall of the presidential mansion. Moira gazed proudly at him. The two still-active members of the Dail Committee looked uncomfortably around them. The cabinet ...
— Attention Saint Patrick • William Fitzgerald Jenkins


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