“+ adverb
Etymology: Middle English unesily, from unesy uneasy + -ly
: in an uneasy manner:
a. obsolete : not easily : with difficulty
b. : with troubled feelings (as of discomfort, worry, or foreboding) : apprehensively , disturbedly
strange fish … sought uneasily for an outlet to the ocean — William Beebe
astronomers uneasily ignoring irregularities in the movements of the heavenly bodies — Benjamin Farrington
c. : with embarrassment : uncomfortably
coloring uneasily under his gaze — Israel Zangwill
d. : restlessly , fidgetingly
kept shifting his position uneasily
e. : awkwardly
his body … is punily, uneasily built — Osbert Sitwell
a little self-consciously and uneasily aggressive — M.P.O'Connor
f. : not firmly : precariously
held the chairmanship uneasily against mounting opposition