rickety
adjective
1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- a rickety table
Similar word(s): unstable, shaky, wobbly, wonky
2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
- rickety limbs and joints
Similar word(s): ill, sick, rachitic
3. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Similar word(s): frail, debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly
Sentences with rickety as an adjective:
- He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
- The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.