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unsteadily

adv

Etymology

From unsteady + -ly or un- + steadily.

  1. inherited from stæþþiġ
  2. inherited from stedy
  3. formed as unsteady — “un- + steady”
  4. formed as unsteadily — “unsteady + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an unsteady manner, so as to shake or falter.

    • He climbed the stairs unsteadily, grasping the banister and gasping for breath.

  2. In an uncertain manner

    In an uncertain manner; with hesitation or timidity.

    • "I reckon. It's powerful fine to hear that," replied Lassiter, unsteadily.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unsteadily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unsteadily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at unsteadily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA