Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unsure manner; unsafely; uncertainly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
unsure manner.
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Examples
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He held out his hand for a nerdy fist bump, which Cammy obliged, unsurely.
Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010
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“He says he has a ‘great capacity to love,’ and just not one person,” Cara finished unsurely.
Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010
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Annie was watching her face a little unsurely, and for one moment Olivia feared that she had read her thoughts.
Starting from Scratch Susan Gilbert-Collins 2010
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So the tennis ball remains untossed, and those typing fingers move unsurely and slowly until the deadline draws sufficiently near enough to become a palpable threat; a looming iceberg whose ominous proximity transforms whines of self-doubt into cries of abject panic.
Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened 2010
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She pulled out the paper with the unspecified phone number on it, and stared at it for a few moments unsurely.
Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010
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She stood unsurely, feeling sick, and the woman nodded.
Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010
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Beadie backed unsurely into the chair, while Parlabane stayed on the other side of the desk.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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He said it kind of quickly and unsurely, but he said it.
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This upheaval was reflected in the comics of the time, unsurely tryingto stake out new territory as a medium for “adults.”
Astro City: The Dark Age Book II #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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He looks back to see the college boy following Bill for a number of paces, unsurely, and then falling out of step and beginning to fade down the street and into the crowd.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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