Jitteringly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to jitter.

    "In later centuries, the masses of European immigrants making footfall in New York’s streets saw the turbid, jostling, unprecedented mix of peoples, all striving to get ahead, and called the jitteringly new phenomenon “American.”"

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"In later centuries, the masses of European immigrants making footfall in New York’s streets saw the turbid, jostling, unprecedented mix of peoples, all striving to get ahead, and called the jitteringly new phenomenon “American.”"

Etymology

From jittering + -ly.

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