Wiktionary
adv. 1 In an unsteady manner, so as to shake or falter. 2 In an uncertain manner; with hesitation or timidity.
WordNet
adv. in an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs" [syn: falteringly, uncertainly] [ant: steadily]
Usage examples of "unsteadily".
She moved unsteadily away, putting the distance of another billiards table between them.
When she came out, unsteadily, only slightly revived by applications of cold cloths to her forehead and the back of her neck, Trux was sitting on the bed.
He gestured at the bar, where several of his friends were standing a little unsteadily, although their natural grace was such that Theo was only now getting to the point where he could tell the difference between sober and unsober fairies.
He winced as he sat upon his own limp organ then got unsteadily to his feet, found he could not stand, fell forward to hands and knees and crawled away towards the pink.
It was said discreetly to his hostess but, being the words of the king, the entire party hung on what he said and, as one, they turned to watch Jassy who was supporting Anne as she walked unsteadily toward them.
Lell wheeled unsteadily, spied the gryphon tercel floating half submerged in the clear surface of the mere, which was littered with milkwood flowers, she saw.
Schiff put the halo down on top of the desk, where it rocked unsteadily.
Light and Darkness we were heading unsteadily westward through the updrafts of the Rockfish Gap when the com pinged.
I rose unsteadily and took a step, stopped, and with my eyes widened to their roundest and my eyebrows arched, pointed at the corner behind her.
He invited them to sit down in the only two upholstered chairs in the room, while he faced them unsteadily on an unupholstered one with one leg a trifle shorter than its companions.
Of all people, it was Bill Kilpatrick, balanced on stilts and wading unsteadily toward her!
Carr and Private Compton, swaggersticks tight in their oxters, as they march unsteadily rightaboutface and burst together from their mouths a volleyed fart.
He led the earl to a thronelike carved wooden seat in which, a trifle unsteadily, the earl sat down.
There, in the clearing just in front of the grove, Baden and Trahn saw a lone figure carrying a pale yellow ceryll and walking slowly and unsteadily in their direction.
Richard raised the club again, but Charon reeled from him, running unsteadily.