joltingly
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]joltingly (comparative more joltingly, superlative most joltingly)
- In a jolting way; with abrupt, uneven shakes or knocks.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 45:
- Through the thicker mist that afternoon a white tilted cart sailed joltingly, taking its bearings from the various landmarks rather than from the undefined track.