Modifying Another Word

• distinctly: Anyone who gave the matter thought must have felt distinctly uneasy.

• vaguely: Even the schlock horror backdrop of bloodstains made me vaguely uneasy.

• slightly: And I feel slightly uneasy about taking an Arsenal through and through player.

• somewhat: David Fitzpatrick ( Trinity College Dublin ) chronicles the somewhat uneasy history of commemoration in the Free State, given the civil war context.

• increasingly: However they have become increasingly uneasy about their money.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• feel: I must say, Mr Williams, I am starting to feel a touch uneasy about this.

• make: Conversely, most people have found they can make others uneasy by looking at them, even from behind.

Modifies a noun

• truce: An uneasy truce seems to have been reached between opposing viewpoints.

• bedfellow: No doubt they were uneasy bedfellows doing the job side by side.

• coexistence: There soon developed an uneasy coexistence between the two informal empires.

• co-existence: Washington's ties with India have grown from ' an uneasy co-existence during the Cold War to a true partnership ' , he added.

• alliance: Portland's ministry was an uneasy alliance, disliked by George III.

• compromise: By the middle of the twelfth century, philosophers propose an uneasy compromise.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: You'd feel uneasy about leaving two kids, right?

• appear: The stranger has gradually improved in health but is very silent and appears uneasy when anyone except myself enters his cabin.

• seem: In fact, they seem very uneasy about the whole idea of strangers in their village.

• remain: They have raised in my mind a number of issues on which I remain uneasy.

• grow: Manuchehr Khan's mother grew uneasy at the word " shroud.

• become: However they have become increasingly uneasy about their money.