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Shaky

//ˈʃeɪki// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaking or trembling.

    "a shaky spot in a marsh"

  2. 2
    Nervous, anxious.

    "He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky."

  3. 3
    Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.

    "shaky timber"

  4. 4
    Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

    "a shaky constitution"

  5. 5
    Wavering; undecided.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not secure; beset with difficulties wordnet
  2. 2
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect wordnet
  3. 3
    vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze wordnet

Etymology

From shake + -y.

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