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| rickety |
likely to fall over or fall apart; shaky. [1/2 definitions] |
| rocky2 |
likely or tending to rock; not steady; shaky. [1/2 definitions] |
| shaky |
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. [2 definitions] |
| stable1 |
fixed, firm, or steady in position; not shaky or easily moved. [1/2 definitions] |
| totter |
to be shaky or not steady. [1/2 definitions] |
| tremble |
to be shaky. [1/2 definitions] |
| unsteady |
shaky or uneven. [1/3 definitions] |
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