shaky, adj.
(shakier, shakiest)
freq. cnt. 1
(shakier, shakiest)
freq. cnt. 1
inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
rickety shaky wobbly wonky
sample sentences
"a rickety table""a wobbly chair with shaky legs"
"the ladder felt a little wobbly"
"the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
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not secure; beset with difficulties
<adj.all>
precarious shaky
sample sentences
"a shaky marriage"
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vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1
shaky shivering trembling
sample sentences
"a quaking bog""the quaking child asked for more"
"quivering leaves of a poplar tree"
"with shaking knees"
"seemed shaky on her feet"
"sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"
"trembling hands"
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