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uncomfortably

/ənˈkəmftəbɫi/ adv B2 ✓

In an uncomfortable manner.

Word Origin Uncomfortably means in a way that lacks comfort. From 'un-' (not) + 'comfortable' (able to be comforted) + -ly. 'Comfort' comes from Latin 'confortare' — 'com-' (together, intensively) + 'fortis' (strong) — literally 'to strengthen greatly.' So uncomfortable is 'not strengthened,' and uncomfortably is 'in a not-strengthened manner.' The root 'fort' gives us fortify, fortitude, effort, force.

adv In an uncomfortable manner. B2 ✓

He shifted uncomfortably in his seat during the long meeting.

(副词) 不适地；不舒服地；不自在地

在漫长的会议中，他在座位上不安地挪动。

(adverbio) incómodamente; con incomodidad; molestamente [De manera incómoda.]

Se movió incómodo en su asiento durante la larga reunión.

(adverbe) inconfortablement; gênément; mal à l'aise [De manière inconfortable ou gênante.]

Il se tortillait sur son siège pendant la longue réunion.

(Adverb) Unbehagen [Auf eine Weise, die körperliches oder seelisches Unbehagen verursacht.]

Er rutschte während der langen Besprechung **uncomfortably** auf seinem Stuhl hin und her.

(副詞) 不快な様子で、落ち着かない様子で

彼は長い会議の間、椅子の上でもじもじと落ち着かない様子だった。

(advérbio) desconfortavelmente [De maneira desconfortável.]

Ele se remexeu desconfortavelmente em seu assento durante a longa reunião.

Synonyms: painfully awkwardly uneasily embarrassingly distressingly troublingly irritably restlessly Antonyms: comfortably easily smoothly pleasantly

Common collocations

aware adj shift verb close adj feel verb sit verb high adj seat subst become verb move verb chair subst hot adj level subst

Related words

comfortable comfort discomfort comforter comfortless comfortably fortify fortitude fortress effort enforce reinforce forceful

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