shaky
adjective
1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- a wobbly chair with shaky legs
Similar word(s): unstable, rickety, wobbly, wonky
2. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold
- seemed shaky on her feet
Similar word(s): unsteady, shivering, trembling
3. not secure; filled with difficulties
- a shaky marriage
Similar word(s): insecure, unsafe, precarious
Sentences with shaky as an adjective:
- a shaky spot in a marsh
- a shaky hand
- He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.
- shaky timber
- a shaky constitution
- shaky business credit