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Definition of Shaky

1. Adjective. Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. "The bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

2. Adjective. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. "Trembling hands"

3. Adjective. Not secure; beset with difficulties. "A shaky marriage"

Definition of Shaky

1. a. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.

Definition of Shaky

1. Adjective. Shaking or trembling. ¹

2. Adjective. Nervous; Anxious. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked. ¹

4. Adjective. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shaky

1. shaking [adj SHAKIER, SHAKIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaky

shaking shaking one's head shaking out shaking palsy shaking up shakings shako shakoes shakos shakt

shaku shakudo shakudos shakuhachi shakuhachis shaky (current term) shakycam shalbe shalder shalders

shale shale gas shale oil shaled shalelike shales shaley shalier shaliest shaling

Literary usage of Shaky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"The wooden front steps were somewhat shaky, and the enclosing fence fantastically dilapidated. The adorning light of a summer day in the hour after sundown ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. shaky, quivery, quavery (тате), trembly (rare); spec, tottery. trend, vi tend (rare of persons), gravitate (formal or learned), set, drift, strike (rare ..."

3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
""If I may indulge the hope" shaky. " that I am not entirely indifferent ... thus do you seem, sweetest girl," shaky. " amid those antiquated relics " Snow. ..."

4. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"It is in his own hand, the writing very shaky, and evidently the result of considerable labor, but still a great improvement on his previous attempts. ..."

5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"ably, with the whole " shaky. " fire of youth." Old. Confusion to youth ! ... "If I may indulge the hope" shaky. " that I am not entirely indifferent to you ..."

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