Jerkily

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jerkily
       adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked
              violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn: {spasmodically}]
       2: with jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the
          window seat"



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "jerkily":
     at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches, by fits,
     by jerks, by snatches, capriciously, desultorily, disconnectedly,
     discontinuously, eccentrically, erratically, fitfully,
     flutteringly, haltingly, in snatches, in spots, inconstantly,
     intermittently, irregularly, lurchingly, nonuniformly, off and on,
     patchily, quakingly, quaveringly, quiveringly, roughly,
     saltatorily, shakily, shudderingly, spasmodically, sporadically,
     spottily, tremblingly, tremulously, uncertainly, unevenly,
     unmethodically, unpredictably, unrhythmically, unsteadily,
     unsystematically, variably, waveringly, whimsically, wobblingly