jumpily

The horse snorted jumpily, still edgy even after the hard ride.

The two helmsmen were peering about jumpily, as if they expected to see ghosts.

As important ideas, just now, usually concerned being imprisoned, Doremus and his women waited jumpily.

A little later Katanji appeared, grinning rather jumpily.

Yeah, that's right," said Zaphod jumpily.

The 10 concise chapters that follow alternate - sometimes seamlessly, sometimes more jumpily - between reportage and more analytical sections on the history, economics, technology and philosophy behind the protests.

There, he is placed under the wing of the bullying Sgt. Otis McKinney, whom the senior Mr. Sheen plays jumpily as a distant, blustery relative of James Cagney.

But he was also scared, jumpily scanning the streets for officials from his home province of Shandong who might bundle him away before anyone heard his account of how lawless party officials have ousted and jailed elected village leaders there.