uncertainly
uhn sur tuhn lee
- r in an unsteady manner
- r showing lack of certainty
he paused uncertainly
- The speech that followed was humane and poetic, if uncertainly delivered; the President later admitted he had been pretty nervous.
- But the formation of a government under Netanyahu is going to unfold slowly and uncertainly and will be determined largely by local political concerns impervious to outside influence.
- An Italian TV announcer uncertainly said, "Polacco" (the Pole), and many viewers thought he had said "Poletti," the name of Rome's vicar general.