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Meaning of "jerkily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JERKILY

jerkily  [ˈdʒɜːkɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JERKILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jerkily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES JERKILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jerkily in the English dictionary

The definition of jerkily in the dictionary is in a jerky way.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JERKILY


cheekily
ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ
creakily
ˈkriːkɪlɪ
flukily
ˈfluːkɪlɪ
freakily
ˈfriːkɪlɪ
gawkily
ˈɡɔːkɪlɪ
huskily
ˈhʌskɪlɪ
leakily
ˈliːkɪlɪ
luckily
ˈlʌkɪlɪ
murkily
ˈmɜːkɪlɪ
pawkily
ˈpɔːkɪlɪ
perkily
ˈpɜːkɪlɪ
quirkily
ˈkwɜːkɪlɪ
shakily
ˈʃeɪkɪlɪ
snarkily
ˈsnɑːkɪlɪ
sneakily
ˈsniːkɪlɪ
sparkily
ˈspɑːkɪlɪ
spookily
ˈspuːkɪlɪ
squeakily
ˈskwiːkɪlɪ
stalkily
ˈstɔːkɪlɪ
streakily
ˈstriːkɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JERKILY

jerid
jerk
jerk off
jerk someone´s chain
jerker
jerkier
jerkiest
jerkin
jerkiness
jerking
jerkingly
jerkinhead
jerks
jerkwater
jerkwater town
jerky
jeroboam

WORDS THAT END LIKE JERKILY

cockily
flakily
friskily
kinkily
lankily
milkily
mirkily
peskily
pluckily
pokily
riskily
rockily
silkily
slinkily
smokily
snakily
spikily
spunkily
sulkily
swankily

Synonyms and antonyms of jerkily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jerkily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JERKILY

Find out the translation of jerkily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jerkily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jerkily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

jerkily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacudidas
570 millions of speakers

English

jerkily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झटके के साथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بتقفز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рывками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jerkily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jerkily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

par à-coups
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jerkily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ruckartig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jerkily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jerkily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jerkily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhát gừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jerkily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धक्कादायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarsıla sarsıla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scatti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jerkily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ривками
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sacadat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jerkily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rukkerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ryckigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jerkily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jerkily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JERKILY»

The term «jerkily» is normally little used and occupies the 115.378 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JERKILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jerkily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jerkily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jerkily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JERKILY»

Discover the use of jerkily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jerkily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dictionary of Lahu
(AE) jerkily te? ka? qay ve (AE + V) go with little jerky repeated movements te?-te ? ~ t??-t?? (AE) jerkily; by fits and starts /* d??-d?? (AE) [q.v.]/ te?-te? qay/te ve ( AE + V) move jerkily; go with little repeated movements (as a beating pulse or a ...
James A. Matisoff, 1988
2
Bernhard/Jansen: Histrionics:
... meter the sideboard does not budge Push Concentrate and push They all push jerkily and inside the sideboard china can be heard falling over Ritter bursts out into loud laughter Dene Dreadful Voss No wonder gently push very gently that's ...
Thomas Bernhard, 1990
3
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
1920s in sense 1 ; 1 9c as a baseball term. hitch /hit J7 c» verb (hitches, hitched, hitching) 1 to move something jerkily 2 to move or lift something with a jerk into a specified position. 3 (also hitch something up) to pull it up with a jerk D He ...
Allied
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Grammar Essentials For Dummies
Table 6-2 Two-Word Comparison Forms Description of Lola More/Less Form Most/Least Form (Lola runs) jerkily more jerkily than the old horse most jerkily of all the racers knock-kneed less knock-kneed than an old sailor least knock-kneed of ...
Geraldine Woods, 2010
5
Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives
Welch tried again; this time the effect was of beer-bottles jerkily belaboured. Before Dixon could do more than close his eyes he was pressed firmly back against the seat, and his cigarette, still burning, was cuffed out of his hand into some ...
Ronald Carter, 2012
6
Cerebellar Disorders: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and ...
54 — 0 Normal 1 Lowering of heel in continuous axis, movement decomposed in several phases, without real jerks, or abnormally slow 2 Lowering jerkily in the axis W Lowering jerkily with lateral movements 4 Lowering jerkily with extremely  ...
Mario Ubaldo Manto, 2010
7
Early Intervention in Movement: Practical Activities for ...
For specific learning outcomes, the children should be able to move, be aware of how their partner moves and adapt to the space and the speed of that other person. The children should also be able to move jerkily to counts of eight beats with ...
Christine Macintyre, 2013
8
Handbook of Neurologic Rating Scales, 2nd Edition
0 = Normal 1 = Lowering of heel in continuous axis, but the movement is decomposed in several phases, without real jerks, or abnormally slow 2 = Lowering jerkily in the axis 3 = Lowering jerkily with lateral movements 4 = Lowering jerkily with ...
Robert M. Herndon
9
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Later in the interaction, the male sometimes bobbed his abdomen, laid down silk, and walked jerkily, and the female sometimes lunged at the male. When a web was present, interactions usually began when males touched webs and started ...
10
The Poems of Charles Reznikoff: 1918-1975
XVIII The flies are flying about and about the middle of the room — jerkily in geometrical figures: what are they trying to prove — my guardian angels? I have said good morning to the man at the door, good morning to the man polishing the  ...
Charles Reznikoff, Seamus Cooney, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JERKILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jerkily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gawker Staff Is Furious After Post Comes Down -- NYMag
... couple of people running things who've made it very small, very mean, and very jerkily gossipy without an intermediate process of reflection. «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Embracing The Message Of Understanding At Eid
This was a special Eid; in fact, the most special Iliyasu would ever mark and as he and his outfit jerkily and stiffly proceed to the Mosque for the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
3
You Don't Have to Live Like this by Benjamin Markovit - book review …
Exact to the point of fussiness, his sentences move like they are learning to walk on stilts, slowly and jerkily. “So I put on my coat and ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Karlovy Vary Review: Gripping, Intelligent, Moving Cannes Best …
... sometimes bruising effect of scenes that are shot crudely, with the camera roaming jerkily back and forth between Thierry and his interlocutor. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
5
Karunaratne's lone march leaves SL with deja vu
All day long the lefties took turns thrilling and frustrating, smoking fours through the ring, then poking jerkily at the ball. When the day wound to a ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
6
2015 Suzuki GSX-S750 Review | Fun Factor Redefined
... thing you need is a motor that comes back in jerkily or hits too hard, too quickly — and the Suzuki GSX-S750 is as gentle as you need it to be. «UltimateMotorcycling.com, Jul 15»
7
You can drive this robot around some guy's apartment using internet …
One the internet's first communal acts of voyeurism was Jennicam, a site where a webcam captured snapshots of a woman's life so jerkily that it ... «The Next Web, Jun 15»
8
What is the best Terminator movie? Our definitive list from worst to …
One of the first shots is a jerkily animated Hunter Killer, a moment which is re-used later in the picture and looks like it would be more at home in ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
9
Airfield Profile: White Waltham
Heading back to the clubhouse, I see someone apparently dancing slowly and rather jerkily on the spot and recognise an aerobatic pilot ... «PilotWeb, Jun 15»
10
Lapface is a lo-fi video streaming site for people working on their …
Obviously there's a risk that the page could turn into a Chatroulette-style wall of flailing phalluses, but right now it's just jerkily updating shots of ... «The Next Web, Jun 15»

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