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Totter vs Totteringly - What's the difference?

totter | totteringly |

As a noun totter

is an unsteady movement or gait.

As a verb totter

is to walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

As an adverb totteringly is

in a tottering manner.

totter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an unsteady movement or gait
  • (archaic) A rag and bone man.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter , slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • (archaic) To collect junk or scrap.

    • Synonyms

    * (move unsteadily) teeter, toddle, sway

    Related terms

    * teeter-totter * topple

    totteringly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a tottering manner.
    • Jeff moved totteringly towards the bar and called for more whisky.
    (Webster 1913)