- jumpily
- jumpy ► ADJECTIVE (jumpier, jumpiest) informal 1) anxious and uneasy. 2) stopping and starting abruptly.DERIVATIVES jumpily adverb jumpiness noun.
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jumpily — adverb a) nervously, or restlessly 1999, Dec 20. Sabine Durrant interview with Jamie Theakston in b) unevenly ,But when I sympathise and say that dating a pop star cant have helped, he says jumpily: I think its important to remember that when I… … Wiktionary
jumpily — adv. with sudden nervous movements, anxiously, apprehensively … English contemporary dictionary
jumpily — jumpˈily adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑jump … Useful english dictionary
jumpy — jumpily, adv. jumpiness, n. /jum pee/, adj., jumpier, jumpiest. 1. subject to sudden, involuntary starts, esp. from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc. 2. characterized by sudden starts, jerks, or jumps: a jumpy narrative. [1865 70; JUMP + Y1]… … Universalium
unevenly — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. roughly, intermittently, irregularly, spottily, bumpily, with friction, haphazardly, wobbling, bumping, stumbling, hopping, jumpily, jumping, as if corrugated, all up and down, staggering; see also irregularly … English dictionary for students
jumpy — adjective (jumpier, jumpiest) informal 1》 anxious and uneasy. 2》 stopping and starting abruptly. Derivatives jumpily adverb jumpiness noun … English new terms dictionary
jumpy — adjective worried or excited especially because you are expecting something bad to happen jumpily adverb jumpiness noun (U) junction / dZVNkSn/ noun (C) a place where one road, track etc joins another: the junction of Abbot s Road and Church… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bhōi- : bhǝi- : bhī- (bhii̯ǝ-) — bhōi : bhǝi : bhī (bhii̯ǝ ) English meaning: to fear Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich fũrchten” Material: O.Ind. bháyatē “be afraid “ (from *bhǝi̯ etai = Slav. bojetъ), Av. bayente, byente “they are in fear”, M.Pers. bēsünd “ they… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
jumpiness — jumpy ► ADJECTIVE (jumpier, jumpiest) informal 1) anxious and uneasy. 2) stopping and starting abruptly. DERIVATIVES jumpily adverb jumpiness noun … English terms dictionary
jumpy — ► ADJECTIVE (jumpier, jumpiest) informal 1) anxious and uneasy. 2) stopping and starting abruptly. DERIVATIVES jumpily adverb jumpiness noun … English terms dictionary
