Jumpily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    nervously, or restlessly

    "But when I sympathise and say that dating a pop star can't have helped, he says jumpily: "I think it's important to remember that when I started going out with her, she wasn't famous."

  2. 2
    unevenly

    "The bus drove jumpily along the unmade road."

Example

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"But when I sympathise and say that dating a pop star can't have helped, he says jumpily: "I think it's important to remember that when I started going out with her, she wasn't famous."

Etymology

From jumpy + -ly.

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