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# unsteadily

«unsteadily» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a wobbly, shaky way, not firm or balanced** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Unsteadily means in a wobbly, shaky way, not firm or balanced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes how someone walks or stands when tired, ill, dizzy or just learning, like a toddler or a newborn foal. In safety, someone walking unsteadily may need help. Phrases: «walk unsteadily», «stand unsteadily», «rise unsteadily».

### examples

- The baby walked unsteadily across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x1)
- After the spinning ride, I stood up unsteadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x2)
- The foal rose unsteadily on its long legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x3)
- The ladder rocked unsteadily, so Dad held it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x4)
- He wrote unsteadily with his cold fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x5)
- She climbed unsteadily onto the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x6)
- “Something blew out the light,” he said a little unsteadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «unsteady» + -ly; the y changes to i: «unsteadily». Opposite: «steadily».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unsteadily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsteadily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.