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shaky

[ shey-kee ]

adjective

, shak·i·er, shak·i·est.
  1. tending to shake or tremble.
  2. trembling; tremulous.
  3. liable to break down or give way; insecure; not to be depended upon:

    a shaky bridge.

  4. wavering, as in allegiance:

    His loyalty, always shaky, was now nonexistent.



shaky

/ ˈʃeɪkɪ /

adjective

  1. tending to shake or tremble
  2. liable to prove defective; unreliable
  3. uncertain or questionable

    your arguments are very shaky



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Derived Forms

  • ˈshakiness, noun
  • ˈshakily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • shaki·ly adverb
  • shaki·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of shaky1

First recorded in 1695–1705; shake + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Never mind that some of the atmospherics are shaky, like the white Christmas, for example.

And even The Lancet and Nature publish their share of shaky studies.

Its addictive “sidebar of shame” catalogues every celebrity roll of fat, fashion faux pas, and shaky early-morning nightclub exit.

Law enforcement officials started with the proposition that Cope was guilty because of his shaky “confessions.”

After his shaky hosting—sorry gays—Hugh Jackman is indubitably straight.

I'm rather shaky on my pins yet and the chair it must be, if I'm to put myself in connection with that lounge.

It came at last, not like anything Peter had ever heard, and was more like a howl than a cry, for "Shaky; me wants Shaky."

But he held his tongue, and tried to make up to the little girl her loss of Shaky, for whom she cried for days.

He was terribly white and shaky, and he seemed to have some difficulty in getting out his words.

They grew more shaky and more illegible towards the end, but they were sufficient to make the truth absolutely clear.

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