UNSTEADILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsteadily mean? 

• UNSTEADILY (adverb)
  The adverb UNSTEADILY has 1 sense:

1. in an unsteady manner

  Familiarity information: UNSTEADILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSTEADILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an unsteady manner

Synonyms:

falteringly; uncertainly; unsteadily

Context example:

The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs

Antonym:

steadily (in a steady manner)

Pertainym:

unsteady (subject to change or variation)

 Context examples 

Individuals with ataxic cerebral palsy walk very unsteadily, with a wide-based gait.

(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Now, somebody was unsteadily contemplating his features in the looking-glass.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I believe I can remember these two at a little distance apart, dwarfed to my sight by stooping down or kneeling on the floor, and I going unsteadily from the one to the other.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)