| ADJECTIVE | all | rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky | inclined to shake as from weakness or defect |
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| all | rickety, rachitic | affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets | |
| all | rickety, decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality |
| Sounds | rih'kahtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. | |
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| Example | "a rickety table" | |
| Synonyms | shaky, wobbly, wonky | |
| Broader | unstable | lacking stability or fixity / fixity or firmness |
| Spanish | tambaleante, tembloroso | |
| Catalan | indecís, inestable, tremolós, trontollós, vacil·lant | |
| Nouns | ricketiness | the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place |
| Meaning | affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets. | |
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| Example | "rickety limbs and joints" | |
| Synonym | rachitic | |
| Broader | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Catalan | raquític | |
| Meaning | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. | |
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| Synonyms | decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly | |
| Broader | frail | physically weak |
| Spanish | débil, decrépito, enfermizo | |
| Catalan | dèbil, decrèpit, feble, malaltís | |
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