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jumpily

adv
/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɪli/

Etymology

From jumpy + -ly.

  1. derived from *gumbōną✻ — “to hop, skip, bounce”
  2. inherited from jumpen — “to walk quickly, run, jump”
  3. suffixed as jumpy — “jump + y”
  4. suffixed as jumpily — “jumpy + ly”

Definitions

  1. nervously, or restlessly

    • But when I sympathise and say that dating a pop star can't have helped, he says jumpily: "I think it's important to remember that when I started going out with her, she wasn't famous.

  2. unevenly

    • The bus drove jumpily along the unmade road.

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