unsteadily
IPA: ʌnstˈɛdʌɫi
adverb
- In an unsteady manner, so as to shake or falter.
- In an uncertain manner; with hesitation or timidity.
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Examples of "unsteadily" in Sentences
- He said her name unsteadily, his voice thick and hot.
- John Halifax closed the hall-door and came in – unsteadily – staggering.
- "Here, two of you," he called unsteadily, "carry him to the engine-room."
- Russell took a step toward our yard, and my father whipped around unsteadily.
- Pete looked like he hardly dared to believe it as he rose unsteadily from the cot.
- She filled out a consent form and held the clipboard under his hand so Gene could scrawl his initials, which he was able to do unsteadily.
- When Kirsteen rushed in unsteadily and threw herself down in the big wooden chair by the fireside, Marg'ret was threading a needle which was a work of patience.
- More recently he has strayed, unsteadily, further afield with "The End of Medicine" (2006) — about how technology will change health care — and "Grumby" (2010), a novelized account of trying to start The Next Big Thing.
- I think we must drink more slowly while the music is playing, because without the music we got rather drunk rather quickly, and about the time of our third carafe -- honey ginger -- Velma and I were weaving unsteadily, which is pretty bad when you're sitting down.
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