Definitions

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  • adverb In an unconfident manner; without confidence.

Etymologies

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unconfident +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • After his lay-off helped the marauding David Luiz break the deadlock with a brilliantly-worked opener, Torres unselfishly - or unconfidently depending on your point of view - squared for Juan Mata to tap home in stoppage-time last night.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • So I unconfidently say that the use of the word indexing here points to a record within a larger reference … ie a snapshot of a moment.

    COMIXTALK Delos 2009

  • " She sniffed unconfidently at the wooden warts in her fingers.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

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