jitteringly

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adverb

So as to jitter.

Scrabble 22
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Meanings

adverbjitteringly (comparative more jitteringly, superlative most jitteringly)

comparative more jitteringly · superlative most jitteringly

  1. So as to jitter.

    In later centuries, the masses of European immigrants making footfall in New York’s streets saw the turbid, jostling, unprecedented mix of peoples, all striving to get ahead, and called the jitteringly new phenomenon “American.”

    2009 May 31, “Reaching Here”, in New York Times

Origin

From jittering + -ly.

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APA

jitteringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jitteringly

MLA

“jitteringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jitteringly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jitteringly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jitteringly.

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