Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Uncertain
uncertain, adj. [see certain, adj.] (webplay: certain, certainty, state, sure).
- Aimless; erratic; unpredictable; wandering.
- Not sure; without definite knowledge.
- Indecisive; not knowing whether; not yet having decided; hovering between two options.
- Vague; nebulous; indistinct; puzzling; bittersweet; [fig.] nostalgic.
- Indefinite; imprecise; unfixed bounds of; undetermined amount of.
- Unseen; not physically manifest; [fig.] spiritual; other worldly.
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