Jerkily

adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a jerky manner.
Adverb
  1. 1
    with jerking motions wordnet
  2. 2
    with spasms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
spasmodicallyat irregular intervalsat randombrokenlyby catchesby fits

Etymology

From jerky + -ly.

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