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- pronunciation:
- sheI
ki
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
shakier, shakiest |
| definition 1: |
If something is shaky it keeps moving a little in a way that is hard or impossible to control. If your hands are shaky, they keep moving a little up and down or from side to side. They are not still and steady. If your voice is shaky, it keeps getting louder and softer, or the pitch changes in a way that you can't control.
Bella was so nervous before her performance that her shoulders were shaky.Ken didn't want his brother to climb up that shaky ladder.- synonyms:
- fidgety, unsteady
- antonyms:
- stable
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| definition 2: |
If something is shaky, you can't completely depend on it.
There is only shaky evidence that the new medicine actually works.- synonyms:
- unreliable
- similar words:
- unsteady
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| related words: |
dizzy, weak |
| derivations: |
shakily (adv.), shakiness (n.) |
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