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# uncomfortably

«uncomfortably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that does not feel comfortable for your body:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (uncomfortably)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that does not feel comfortable for your body: sitting uncomfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#m1)

2) In an embarrassed or worried way: laughing uncomfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#m2)

3) Too much, so it worries you: uncomfortably hot, uncomfortably close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A body and feelings word. In stories it tells the reader a character feels awkward or uneasy: Alice, grown huge, sits uncomfortably squashed in the White Rabbit's house. In safety and science: uncomfortably hot weather can cause heatstroke — drink water and find shade.

### examples

- Alice sat uncomfortably with her arm out of the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x1)
- He shifted uncomfortably in his seat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x2)
- It was uncomfortably hot in the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x3)
- The dog came uncomfortably close to the edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x4)
- She laughed uncomfortably at the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x5)
- The shoes pinched uncomfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x6)
- “It is passing queer,” Smee said, and they all fidgeted uncomfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «uncomfortable». Spelling: un-com-fort-ab-ly (drop the e of -able, add -ly).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uncomfortably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncomfortably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.