shaky (redirected from shakier)

shak·y  (shk)

adj. shak·i·er, shak·i·est

1. Trembling or quivering; tremulous: a shaky voice.

2. Lacking soundness or sturdiness, as of construction: a shaky table.

3.

a. Not to be depended on; precarious: a shaky alliance.

b. Wavering in firmness: a shaky belief.

c. Open to question or doubt: shaky evidence.

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shaki·ly adv.

shaki·ness n.

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shaky

Adjective

[shakier, shakiest]

1. weak and unsteady, esp. due to illness or shock

2. uncertain or doubtful: their prospects are shaky

3. tending to shake or tremble

shakily adv

Thesaurus

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" rickety, wobbly, wonky unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
	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" shivering, trembling unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"
	3.	shaky - not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" precarious unsafe, insecure - lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

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shaky

adjective 1. unstable, weak, precarious, tottering, rickety << OPPOSITE stable

adjective 2. unsteady, faint, trembling, faltering, wobbly, tremulous, quivery, all of a quiver (informal)

adjective 3. uncertain, suspect, dubious, questionable, unreliable, unsound, iffy (informal) unsupported, undependable << OPPOSITE reliable

Translations

shaky [ˈʃeɪkɪ] adj (= unstable) → inestable, poco firme (= trembling); tembloroso; [health] → delicado; [memory] → defectuoso; [person] (from illness) → temblando; [premise etc] → incierto

shaky [ˈʃeɪkɪ] shake adj [hand, voice] → tremblant(e); [building] → branlant(e) → peu solide; [memory] → chancelant(e); [knowledge] → incertain(e)

shaky [ˈʃeɪkɪ] shake adj (hand, voice) → zittrig;

(memory) → schwach;

(knowledge, prospects, future, start) → unsicher

shaky [ˈʃeɪkɪ] adj [hand, voice] → tremante; [memory] → labile; [knowledge] → incerto/a; [building] → traballante