jerky
adjective
characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
jerkiness
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a word derived from
jerky.
Example Sentences
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If you’re terminally online, or just a little too comfortable with the idea of a man being predisposed to jerkiness, it’s hard to trust how unguarded and comfortable with being vulnerable Tony is.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024
In him Morris noted “a queer stiffness or jerkiness of locomotion,” and then delivered the small but powerful realization: “Eichmann was trembling.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
As part of that program, respondents can track the jerkiness quotient in birds.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2022
The dialogue is terrible, and Lacy plays Brett with so much bug-eyed jerkiness, he looks like he’s periodically being tased by someone just offscreen.
From The Verge ● Apr. 11, 2018
He observed her for any kind of mistake, any jerkiness with the tools.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
