shaky

Words with a similar base: shaky

'shaky'

[rickety.s.01] as in: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

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

'shaky'

[shaky.s.02] as in: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g.

with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

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

'shaky'

[precarious.s.03] as in: not secure; beset with difficulties

Examples:
a shaky marriage

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