| a. | 1. | Shaking or trembling; |
| 2. | Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; | |
| 3. | Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; |
| Adj. | 1. | shaky - 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" |
| 2. | shaky - 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"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" | |
| 3. | shaky - not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" Synonyms: precarious |
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