Jerkily (Adverb)
Meaning 1
With jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat".
Meaning 2
With spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner".
Examples
- The patient's legs moved jerkily as the doctor applied the electrical stimulus to test her reflexes.
- Her mouth twitched jerkily as she tried to form words, but her condition made it difficult for her to speak.
- The old robot's arm raised jerkily, its mechanical limbs struggling to perform the complex motion.
- As the storm raged on, the tree branches swayed jerkily in the strong gusts of wind, threatening to break at any moment.
- The dying insect's wings beat jerkily, a desperate attempt to free itself from the spider's web that had ensnared it.