1. With spasms
   - spasmodically 
2. With jerking motions
   "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat"

See also: jerky

• plain clothes
• plain flour
• plain sailing
• plain stitch
• plain turkey
• plain wanderer
• plain weave
• plain-woven
• plainchant
• plainclothesman
• plainly
• plainness
• Plains Indian
• plains lemon monarda
• plains pocket gopher
• plains pocket mouse
• plains spadefoot
• plains turkey
• plainsman
• plainsong
• plainspoken
• plaint
• plaintiff
• plaintiff in error
• plaintive