Synonyms for "jerkily" (49 found)

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Closest matches (10)

spasmodicallyat irregular intervalsat randombrokenlyby catchesby fitsby jerksby snatchescapriciouslydesultorily

Strong matches (15)

disconnectedlydiscontinuouslyeccentricallyerraticallyfitfullyflutteringlyhaltinglyin snatchesin spotsinconstantlyintermittentlyirregularlylurchinglynonuniformlyoff and on

Related words (24)

patchilyquakinglyquaveringlyquiveringlyroughlysaltatorilyshakilyshudderinglysporadicallyspottilytremblinglytremulouslyuncertainlyunevenlyunmethodicallyunpredictablyunrhythmicallyunsteadilyunsystematicallyvariably

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waveringlywhimsicallywobblingly

Adverb(1 words)

spasmodically

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Synonyms

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spasmodically

derived from

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jerky

related to

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jerky

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

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French

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• par à-coups adv (In a jerky manner.)

Italian

1 entries

• desultoriamente adv (In a jerky manner.)

Māori

1 entries

• tākirikiri adv (In a jerky manner.)

Swedish

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• ryckvis adv (In a jerky manner.)

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