[f. JERKY a. + -NESS.] The quality of being jerky.
1855. Brimley, Ess., Proctor, 243. To the same feature … we are inclined to attribute the jerkiness of the verse.
1866. G. Macdonald, Ann. Q. Neighb., vi. (1878), 83. Impulse was always predominant, giving a certain jerkiness, like the hopping of a bird.
