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Definition of unsteadily adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unsteadily

adverb
 
/ʌnˈstedəli/
 
/ʌnˈstedəli/
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  1. without being in control of your movements so that you might fall
    • She walked unsteadily towards me.
    • She swayed unsteadily as she got up from the bar.
  2. in a way that shakes and lacks control
    • ‘I had to see you,’ he said unsteadily.
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