rockily

rockily
a) In an uneven way; in a rocking manner.

We arrive there five minutes later and I sit up very rockily. I have to get off this boat, I am getting sick.

b) In a manner suggestive of a rock or rocks.

French actress Sophie Marceau entered rockily on heels


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