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hakelig (adj/adv)
   rough (not smooth), jerky, jolting; grinding (gear-shifting); tricky, complicated

Das Blättern ist dagegen vergleichsweise hakelig, die Bedienung wenig intuitiv.
On the other hand, [the e-reader's] page turning is relatively rough, the operation not very intuitive.
Die etwas hakelige Kamera-Führung…
The somewhat jerky camera work…
Die ersten beiden Gänge lassen sich nur sehr hakelig schalten.
The first two gears are very grinding to shift.

Related:
hakeln to trip up (sports); finger wrestle
häkeln to crochet
haken to hook; stick (not run smoothly), be stuck
hakelige Schaltung rough/grinding shifting (gears)
der Hakler hooker (rugby position)

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