rockily
In shaky fashion
In a rocky or unsteady manner—whether literally over rough terrain or figuratively through difficulties: The negotiations proceeded rockily toward an agreement.
The word suggests instability or turbulence: Their relationship started rockily but eventually smoothed out.
With uneven motion
- jaggedlyWith irregular sharp points
- unevenlyIn irregular manner
- ruggedlyIn a rough, hardy way
- coarselyIn unrefined manner
choppily · irregularly · roughly · pitted · harshly · abrasively · grittily · raggedly
Unsteady side-to-side motion
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
- teeterSway without stability
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
sway · falter · shakily · precariously · unstably · uncertainly · waveringly · haltingly
In an agitated manner
- tumultuouslyIn a wildly agitated manner
- tempestuouslyIn a violently agitated manner
- stormilyWith turbulent intensity
- problematicallyIn a dubious way
arduously · laboriously · strenuously · contentiously · acrimoniously · fractiously · chaotically · unpredictably
bumpily
With uneven motion
coarsely · choppily · irregularly · roughly · pitted · harshly · abrasively · grittily · raggedly
wobble
Unsteady side-to-side motion
lurch · sway · falter · shakily · precariously · unstably · uncertainly · waveringly · haltingly · jerkily
turbulently
In an agitated manner
- tumultuouslyIn a wildly agitated manner
- tempestuouslyIn a violently agitated manner
- stormilyWith turbulent intensity
problematically · arduously · laboriously · strenuously · contentiously · acrimoniously · fractiously · chaotically · unpredictably
rockilysmoothly
Without friction or difficulty
evenly · steadily · fluidly · seamlessly · effortlessly
- rocking chairSeat on curved runners
- rocking horseMounted toy that sways
- rocking the boatCausing unwanted disruption
- rocking outPlaying music energetically
- rocking and rollingOscillating motion in two directions
- rocking back and forth