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jerkily

ADVERB

irregularly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

erratically fitfully haphazardly infrequently sporadically unevenly

WEAK

any which way anyhow at intervals by fits and starts by turns disconnectedly eccentrically helter-skelter in snatches now and again occasionally off and on out of sequence periodically slapdash spasmodically uncertainly uncommonly unmethodically unpunctually willy-nilly

Antonyms

WEAK

evenly regularly

Example Sentences

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A tear skittered down my cheek and was jerkily wiped away.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2019

Sirens sound, the youth turns to run into a bunker, and the camera jerkily follows.

From Nature • Jan. 1, 2019

Jed took the clubs and flailed them jerkily over his head.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

The men with logs balance jerkily, while an entire family wobbles precariously by on one bicycle.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2016

“I never had the remotest idea,” said Favell jerkily.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier