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Meanings of uncomfortably in English

In physical discomfort.

Usage of uncomfortably in English
1
Certainly, we were an uncomfortably long way from the nearest public restroom.
Too close to home
2
The handwriting itself made him feel strange: tugged uncomfortably too far west.
The irresistible henry house
3
Beyond a certain age, a journey across the city becomes uncomfortably reflective.
Atonement
4
He stands there uncomfortably for a moment, then forces himself to speak.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5
This is uncomfortably close to the 3 per cent limit, he said.
The Irish Times
6
Keating turned away uncomfortably and looked toward the ships in the harbor.
Ranson's Folly
7
And then they press their foreheads together for an uncomfortably long time.
News.com.au
8
The clothing suitable for the valley was uncomfortably light in this region.
A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
9
The boy moved uncomfortably in his chair as the question was asked.
The Lever: A Novel
10
And Ireland, somewhat uncomfortably, finds itself in the middle of the story.
The Irish Times
11
Skorzeny stared at Pilier for an uncomfortably long time before he spoke.
Hostile intent
12
But the distance between the image and the reality was uncomfortably close.
The Guardian
13
She was a free spirit, and he lived uncomfortably with his longing.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
14
She looked at Alice for an uncomfortably long time before she answered.
Still alice
15
Sandy squatted uncomfortably, his large body obscuring the rocks from her sight.
Book of lost threads
16
I have passed, five months most uncomfortably; the two last most unhappily.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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Uncomfortably through the time
Uncomfortably across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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