unsteadilyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdᵻli/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɛdəli/ In an unsteady manner.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb] > heterogeneously or unevenly
unevenly1398
oddly1597
mosaically1637
multipliciously1646
ununiformly1656
unsteadily1690
heterogeneously1775
unequably1834
spottily1842
patchily1891
inhomogeneously1909
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb]
ficklya1300
unconstantlya1542
inconstantly1549
unsteadfastly1559
chameleon-like1589
changefully1615
unsteadily1709
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adverb] > tottering > in an unstable manner
unstablya1380
unfirmly1633
unsteadily1817
shakily1863
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie Bb iij b To se these flies now: so vnstedily stagger, So late so redie.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 250 He that uses his Words loosly and unsteadily, will either be not minded, or not understood.
1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 210 This way and that, unsteadily they rove, And never fix'd, are Fugitives in Love.
1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 71 Considering how unsteadily and unsystematically even the best of men are apt often to proceed.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 37 The cup of sorrow overflows by being held unsteadily.
1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1853) III. 60 As idle as the flapping sail that fills unsteadily with the breeze upon a stranded ship.
1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly i. vii The man approached unsteadily along the water side.
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