jerky
adjective
characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
jerkily
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a word derived from
jerky.
Example Sentences
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His stream of consciousness jerkily encompasses, at one point or another, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, Medgar Evers and his mother’s pinto beans.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Sirens sound, the youth turns to run into a bunker, and the camera jerkily follows.
From Nature ● Jan. 1, 2019
Unexpectedly, Angela found herself thinking, in a spirit of protecting Cecilia from all the dangers out there, Move more gracefully, less jerkily.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
“Be my hero! The world is right before me, the future is in my eyes!” a pop singer crooned as they jerkily pumped their small, identical fists in the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2016
Its head moved jerkily around, and it lifted its wings and then dropped them again in a steady rhythm.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
