bumpily
- adverb
- /ˈbʌmpɪli/
:
de manera irregular
- She navigated bumpily along the uneven path in the hiking trail, trying to keep her balance.
Examples
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The old car drove bumpily over the rough dirt road, jostling its passengers.
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The terrace door was open, the small enclosure empty; he wheeled bumpily onto the flagstones and sucked, snorting at the night air until his annoyance subsided.
Fiction book (1990) -
Driven by a sense of incompleteness, this almost-circle rolls bumpily through life looking for its missing piece.
Academic text (1991) -
The toddler rode bumpily on the toy truck, struggling to keep it steady on the sidewalk.
Synonyms
8
3.5
In a way that makes some parts different from others
7
3.9
In a way that is not steady or balanced
1
5.2
With sudden, uneven movements that are not smooth
1
4.8
In a rough, uneven way with sharp points
With sudden, unsteady movements that make you lose balance
To move or sound in short sudden ways that are not smooth
Antonyms
How Bumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bumpily comes from the simple word bump, meaning 'a small raised part or a sudden hit', plus the adverb ending -ly. Think of a car going over bumps on a road and moving with quick jolts rather than smoothly. That's why bumpily means 'in a way that is not smooth, with bumps or uneven movement'.