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shaky

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shaky in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. not secure; beset with difficulties
    "a shaky marriage"
    precarious  shaky 
  2. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
    "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"
    rickety  shaky  wobbly  wonky 
  3. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
    "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"
    shaky  shivering  trembling 
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