wonkily
In lopsided fashion
In a crooked, unsteady, or off-kilter manner: The shelf hung wonkily from the wall.
From the British adjective wonky, meaning unstable or not quite right.
The word suggests something slightly askew rather than completely broken: She smiled wonkily, still groggy from anesthesia.
Unequally balanced
- askewTilted from true
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- slantedAngled from vertical
off-kilter · cockeyed · awry · aslant · crooked · sideways · listing · canted
Moving unsteadily, wavering
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
rocking · lurching · staggering · precariously · rickety · unstably · falteringly · tremulously
In an odd manner
- oddlyIn a strange manner
- peculiarlyIn an unusual manner
- idiosyncraticallyIn a peculiarly individual manner
- whimsicallyIn capricious, playful manner
zanily · offbeat · unconventionally · bizarrely · kookily · outlandishly · absurdly · erratically
In a clumsy manner
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- ineptlyLacking competence or grace
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- maladroitlyIn an unskillful manner
ham-handedly · fumblingly · gracelessly · ungracefully · lumberingly · gawkily · bunglingly · heavy-handedly
lopsided
Unequally balanced
slanted · off-kilter · cockeyed · awry · aslant · crooked · sideways · listing · canted · oblique
wobbling
Moving unsteadily, wavering
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- shakilyIn trembling manner
swaying · rocking · lurching · staggering · precariously · rickety · unstably · falteringly · tremulously · jerkily
eccentrically
In an odd manner
- oddlyIn a strange manner
- peculiarlyIn an unusual manner
- idiosyncraticallyIn a peculiarly individual manner
whimsically · zanily · offbeat · unconventionally · bizarrely · kookily · outlandishly · absurdly · erratically · capriciously
awkwardly
In a clumsy manner
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- ineptlyLacking competence or grace
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
maladroitly · ham-handedly · fumblingly · gracelessly · ungracefully · lumberingly · gawkily · bunglingly · heavy-handedly · inelegantly