unsteadily

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Adverb

Positive unsteadily

Comparative more unsteadily

Superlative most unsteadily

1. If something is done unsteadily, it is shaking and not done smoothly.
   • Antonym: steadily

   He climbed the stairs unsteadily, grasping the railing and gasping for breath.

2. If you do something unsteadily, you do it with hesitation.