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Uncertain [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not certain; doubtful; not certainly known. it is uncertain who will be the next president.

2. Doubtful; not having certain knowledge.

3. man without the protection of a superior Being - is uncertain of every thing that he hopes for.

4. Not sure in the consequence.

5. Or whistling slings dismiss'd the uncertain stone.

6. Not sure; not exact.

7. Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim.

8. Unsettled; irregular.

Uncertain [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.

3. Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.

4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.

5. To make uncertain.

Uncertainly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not surely; not certainly.

3. - Standards that cannot be known at all, or but imperfectly and uncertainly

Uncertainly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an uncertain manner.

Uncertainties [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Uncertainty [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty

2. Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words.

5. Something unknown.

6. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty

Uncertainty [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being uncertain.

2. That which is uncertain; something unknown.