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adj. - Causing or characterized by bumpy irregular movements.

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Usage examples (22)
  • He was always well dressed, always in high spirits and a good temper, and very demonstrative and caressing; putting his arm round one, and slapping one on the back or lifting...
  • The sleepy country 'orses and the jolty country wains
  • "We've landed!" shouted Hiram in a jolty tone, plunging forward in his seat in the biplane.
  • When they came to the top of the rise he stopped; he would not risk the long and very jolty down-slope.
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