uncomfortably
part of speech
adverb (uncomfortably)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that does not feel comfortable for your body: sitting uncomfortably. tree →
2) In an embarrassed or worried way: laughing uncomfortably. tree →
3) Too much, so it worries you: uncomfortably hot, uncomfortably close. tree →
sense in the lessons
A body and feelings word. In stories it tells the reader a character feels awkward or uneasy: Alice, grown huge, sits uncomfortably squashed in the White Rabbit's house. In safety and science: uncomfortably hot weather can cause heatstroke — drink water and find shade.
examples
- Alice sat uncomfortably with her arm out of the window. tree →
- He shifted uncomfortably in his seat. tree →
- It was uncomfortably hot in the classroom. tree →
- The dog came uncomfortably close to the edge. tree →
- She laughed uncomfortably at the joke. tree →
- The shoes pinched uncomfortably. tree →
- “It is passing queer,” Smee said, and they all fidgeted uncomfortably. tree →
note
Adverb from «uncomfortable». Spelling: un-com-fort-ab-ly (drop the e of -able, add -ly).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «uncomfortably» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.