SHAKY (shakier, shakiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does shaky mean?
• SHAKY (adjective)
The adjective SHAKY has 3 senses:
1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
2. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
3. not secure; beset with difficulties
Familiarity information: SHAKY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SHAKY (adjective)
Meaning:
Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Synonyms:
rickety; shaky; wobbly; wonky
Context examples:
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
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Meaning:
Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
Synonyms:
shivering; trembling; shaky
Context examples:
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
Similar:
unsteady (subject to change or variation)
Meaning:
Not secure; beset with difficulties
Synonyms:
shaky; precarious
Context example:
a shaky marriage
Similar:
insecure; unsafe (lacking in security or safety)
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