In a rough, uneven, or turbulent manner.
From choppy + -ly (the standard adverb-forming suffix), describing how something moves or happens in a chopped-up way.
This adverb lets you describe actions that are jerky and interrupted—like speaking choppily when you're nervous, which mirrors the water meaning perfectly because both involve irregular, broken movement.
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