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Uncertainly

adverb

In an unsteady manner. Synonyms: falteringly, unsteadily. "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs"

Showing lack of certainty.

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"Uncertainly" Quotes from Famous Books

... simply had him to dinner, and I was specially butterfly; I fluttered airily about, was as silly as I knew how to be, looked helpless and wore my best gown. He thought me a pretty little fool, and gave Peter the appointment. That is only an instance, but it shows how I help." Stella regarded me, uncertainly. "Why, but ...

— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al

... Hill's gunboy hovered uncertainly some distance in the rear. The sight of the charging lioness had been too much for him and he had bolted. He was not actually up a tree; but he stood very near one. He lost the gun and acquired a ...

— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White

... path. In another minute the greeting of father and son was accomplished, and the two were walking hand-in-hand towards the house. Hyacinth noticed that his father trembled, and that his feet stumbled uncertainly among the loose ...

— Hyacinth - 1906 • George A. Birmingham

... Don uncertainly. Tim took the tool and strapped its leather sheath to his belt. He seemed to have forgotten all ...

— Don Strong, Patrol Leader • William Heyliger

... gaunt, savage thing, with froth in its mouth and saliva-dripping lips. At first he thought it was a panther, so low it crouched to spring; but almost instantly he recognized Jud Carpenter's dog. Then it began to creep uncertainly, staggeringly forward, toward Clay and Helen, its neck drawn and contracted in the paroxysms of rabies; its deadly eyes, staring, unearthly yellow in the lantern light. Within two yards of Clay, who stood helpless with fear ...

— The Bishop of Cottontown - A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills • John Trotwood Moore

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