walk unsteadily

Hartford's men, who had been at work during the matinee, were left to stand silently in the bleak corridors, or to walk unsteadily beside the cots at the morgue.

From Time Magazine Archive

That means the tracks have told him that, a day before, the missing pilot was beginning to walk unsteadily or, worst sign of all, broke into a staggering run for a few steps.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rose and held the door open for Mr. Dalton and watched him walk unsteadily down the dim hallway with Mrs. Dalton in his arms.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

As he closed the gate behind him, he saw David Balfame walk unsteadily past, shouting "Tipperary"; and being a friend of many years' standing, had concluded to follow and see Balfame safely inside the house.

From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Halt, hawlt, n. a halting or limping.—adj. lame, crippled, limping.—v.i. to be lame, to limp: to walk unsteadily: to vacillate: to proceed lamely or imperfectly, to be at fault, as in logic, rhythm, &c.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various