jumpily

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/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɪli/

adverb

nervously, or restlessly

“The bus drove jumpily along the unmade road.”

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Meanings

adverbjumpily (comparative more jumpily, superlative most jumpily)

comparative more jumpily · superlative most jumpily

  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.

    1999 December 20, “Sabine Durrant interview with Jamie Theakston”, in The Guardian
  2. unevenly

    The bus drove jumpily along the unmade road.

Origin

From jumpy + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with jumpily

bumpilyclumpilydumpilyfrumpilygrumpilyhumpilylumpilystumpily
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Cite this entry
APA

jumpily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumpily

MLA

“jumpily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumpily. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jumpily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumpily.

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