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Shaky

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈʃeɪki/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Shaky is an adjective meaning Shaking or trembling.

Meaning

Shaking or trembling.

More Meanings

  1. Nervous, anxious.
  2. (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
  3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
  4. Wavering; undecided.

Example Sentences

a shaky hand
shaky timber
a shaky constitution
a shaky spot in a marsh

Word Forms

Synonyms for shaky

Depending on context, synonyms include precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, wobbly.

precariousricketyunsteadytotteringunsafewobblyquiveringquakingwonkyshiveringshaking

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quaking, quivering, shivering, shaking, wobbly, rickety.

quakingquiveringshiveringshakingwobblyricketyunsteadyprecariousunsafewonkybumpytroubledlimpstunnedunsettledlamefragile

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