jerkily
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5.2
- adverb
- /ˈdʒɜrkɪli/
:
bruscamente
- Our company assembled jerkily, as our bodies followed trained motions despite our souls' confusion.
- move jerkily
- nod jerkily
- head moved jerkily
Examples
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Then a boy, his metal braces on both legs clanging, moved jerkily toward me.
Fiction book (1998) -
Art braced himself as the elevator doors opened slowly, jerkily, in the low-gear manner of elevator doors in the Third World.
Fiction book (1994) -
The board moved jerkily, stopped, and then began slowly to move to the letters.
Fiction book (2002) -
The bat would fly jerkily, as if knocked to one side.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jason punched 2, and the elevator cage rose a bit jerkily.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then she let go of my arm and walked back toward the house, one arm swinging jerkily and the other folded across her stomach.
Fiction book (2002) -
Peter and I watched as he strode along the driveway, arms pumping jerkily, like a cartoon soldier.
Fiction book (1999) -
I saw her foot lift from the accelerator pedal, and the car eased away from me, jerkily, taking a turn too wide.
Fiction book (1993) -
The rain made a drumming noise as it rushed along the gutter pipes and then splashed jerkily onto the brick sidewalk below.
Fiction book (1994) -
The dog moved jerkily, struggling to regain its balance after slipping on the wet floor.
Synonyms
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3.9
In a way that is not steady or balanced
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8.6
Happens at irregular times in short, sudden bursts
In sudden, quick movements that make things start and stop
With sudden, unsteady movements that make you lose balance
To move or sound in short sudden ways that are not smooth
In a not smooth way that makes movement uneven
In a stiff, jerky way with sudden, clumsy movements
In a sudden, rough way that shocks or surprises
In a nervous way with small quick movements
In a nervous, easily startled way with sudden jerks
Antonyms
How Jerky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jerkily comes from the verb jerk, which means 'a sudden, sharp pull or movement'. So something that moves jerkily moves in quick, uneven jumps rather than smoothly.