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uncertainly

ADVERB

doubtfully

Synonyms

STRONG

dubiously

WEAK

ambiguously askance distrustfully doubtingly hesitatingly irresolutely problematically questionably suspiciously tentatively undecidedly unsettingly

ADVERB

incoherently

Synonyms

WEAK

aimlessly ambiguously brokenly chaotically confusedly disconnectedly discontinuously disjointedly drunkenly frantically frenziedly illegibly illogically incomprehensibly indistinctly ineptly randomly sloppily spasmodically unclearly unintelligibly unrecognizably unsystematically wildly

ADVERB

invisibly

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WEAK

inconspicuously indistinctly not visibly obscurely out of sight secretly undetectably vaguely

ADVERB

irregularly

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STRONGEST

erratically fitfully haphazardly infrequently sporadically unevenly

WEAK

any which way anyhow at intervals by fits and starts by turns disconnectedly eccentrically helter-skelter in snatches jerkily now and again occasionally off and on out of sequence periodically slapdash spasmodically uncommonly unmethodically unpunctually willy-nilly

Antonyms

WEAK

evenly regularly

ADVERB

on and off

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WEAK

alternately at irregular intervals fluctuating inconstantly infrequently intermittently irregularly not often now and then off and on sometimes sporadically variable very seldom when the mood strikes

ADVERB

Synonyms

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extremely remarkably unusually very

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indefinitely indeterminately infinitely so large so much such this much vaguely

ADVERB

suspiciously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

skeptically

WEAK

distrustfully distrustingly doubtfully dubiously questioningly unbelievingly

ADVERB

tentatively

Synonyms

WEAK

questionably undecidedly

Antonyms

WEAK

certainly definitely surely

ADVERB

unreliably

Synonyms

STRONG

unfaithfully

WEAK

irregularly

ADVERB

vaguely

Synonyms

WEAK

ambiguously hazily obscurely unsurely

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With LIV Golf not yet responding to the BBC's requests for comment, and senior golfing officials telling us they are also trying to clarify what the situation is, uncertainly surrounds the circuit's future.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

With uncertainly still swirling from Silicon Valley to the Strait of Hormuz, there may be little to reverse this pattern in the near future.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Studios has thrown even more uncertainly on the future of diversity and inclusion within Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

"I know that these proposals impact some staff more than others and they will cause a great deal of uncertainly and anxiety for those potentially impacted," she added.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

My mom seems reluctant to go and looks at me uncertainly.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

uncertainly

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