English edit

Etymology edit

jolting +‎ -ly

Adverb edit

joltingly (comparative more joltingly, superlative most joltingly)

  1. In a jolting way; with abrupt, uneven shakes or knocks.
    • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 45:
      Through the thicker mist that afternoon a white tilted cart sailed joltingly, taking its bearings from the various landmarks rather than from the undefined track.