SHAKIER

SHAKY

precarious, shaky

(adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties; “a shaky marriage”

rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky

(adjective) 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”

shaky, shivering, trembling

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

shakier

comparative form of shaky

Source: Wiktionary


SHAKY

Shak"y, a. [Compar. Shakier; superl. Shakiest.]

1. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray.

2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. Gwilt.

3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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