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Definition of Joltingly
1. adv. In a jolting manner.
Definition of Joltingly
1. Adverb. In a jolting way; with abrupt, uneven shakes or knocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joltingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joltingly
Literary usage of Joltingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spiritual Unrest by Ray Stannard Baker (1910)
"No matter how joltingly it operates, no matter how painful the noise it makes,
... Hudson Guild runs itself—joltingly yet, with a push now and then from a ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"The word is also used quasi - adverbially = joltingly. "Theer yo gon chock (or
chick-chock) o'er a stone" ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"On went the train, fast through the forest, cautiously over the long, fine-spun
bridge that spans the Mississippi, and joltingly over half-sunk sleepers up ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... or to pay one franc fifty, and a pourboire, for a voiture.. But no«'.' Here we
go up, up, up! not gradually, or laboriously, or joltingly, ..."
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