jumpily

English

Etymology

From jumpy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

jumpily (comparative more jumpily, superlative most jumpily)

1. nervously, or restlessly
   • 1999 December 20, “Sabine Durrant interview with Jamie Theakston”, in The Guardian:

     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.