Definition of Jerkiness
1. Noun. The quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
Generic synonyms: Irregularity, Unregularity
Specialized synonyms: Spasticity
Derivative terms: Fitful, Fitful, Jerky
Definition of Jerkiness
1. Noun. the state of being jerky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerkiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerkiness
Literary usage of Jerkiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"The faults of a short line are jerkiness and excessive compression. ... In the
Odes, there is plenty of compression and some jerkiness; but they cannot be ..."
2. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"The hands need to be updated at the rate of once per second, but setting the
timer to a rate of once per second causes intermittent jerkiness in the ..."
3. Sources of Effectiveness in Public Speaking: Psychological Principles by Charles Edmund Neil (1920)
"These two faults are a jerkiness and a parenthetical manner of speaking. ...
The parenthetical fault is less tiresome than jerkiness, but is also monotonous ..."
4. A Text-book on Nervous Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1895)
"The motor symptoms may be summarized briefly as general weakness, tremor, twitching,
awkwardness and jerkiness of movement, localized paresis, ataxia, ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Automobile by Andrew Lee Dyke (1908)
"Make up your mind what you intend Swerving. doing, and do it without any jerkiness.
This rule is very important, especially when driving on greasy roads. ..."
6. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"... dry and about to crack, the bowels tympanitic; there were stupor and muttering,
some jerkiness of the muscles, and a pulse approaching the dicrotic. ..."
7. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"There is, indeed, a certain jerkiness of style in the sermons which renders them
far less impressive to read than the flowing periods of Jeremy Taylor; ..."
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