| ADJECTIVE | all | shaky, rickety, wobbly, wonky | inclined to shake as from weakness or defect |
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| all | shaky, shivering, trembling | vibrating slightly and irregularly | |
| all | shaky, precarious | not secure |
| Sounds | shey'kiy | |
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| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. | |
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| Example | "a wobbly chair with shaky legs" | |
| Synonyms | rickety, wobbly, wonky | |
| Broader | unstable | lacking stability or fixity / fixity or firmness |
| Spanish | tambaleante, tembloroso | |
| Catalan | indecís, inestable, tremolós, trontollós, vacil·lant | |
| Nouns | shake | a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement / excitement |
| shakiness | a shaky motion | |
| Adverbs | shakily | in an insecurely shaky manner |
| Meaning | Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. | |
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| Example | "seemed shaky on her feet" | |
| Synonyms | shivering, trembling | |
| Broader | unsteady | subject to change or variation |
| Spanish | tembloroso, trémulo | |
| Catalan | tremolós, trèmul | |
| Nouns | shakiness | a shaky motion |
| Adverbs | shakily | in a manner characterized by trembling or shaking |
| Meaning | not secure; beset with difficulties. | |
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| Example | "a shaky marriage" | |
| Synonym | precarious | |
| Broader | insecure, unsafe | lacking in security / security / security or safety |
| Spanish | precario | |
| Nouns | shakiness | the quality of being unstable / unstable and insecure |
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