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SHAKY

1. [s] not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"

2. [s] inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "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"

3. [s] vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparklin

similar words

1. [a] insecure

2. [a] unsafe

3. [a] unstable

4. [a] unsteady

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