quaky

[ kwey-kee ]
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adjective,quak·i·er, quak·i·est.
  1. tending to quake; shaky or tremulous.

Origin of quaky

1
First recorded in 1860–65; quake + -y1

Other words from quaky

  • quak·i·ly, adverb
  • quak·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby quaky

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How to use quaky in a sentence

  • Presently I saw someone coming towards me mounted on a jolly fine horse, and I felt quaky from my hat right down to my boots.

    The Adventurous Seven | Bessie Marchant
  • quaky about tomorrow; sermon unprepared; meant to have had afternoon to self, but quite impossible.

  • "Like treading among the stars," he said, with a quaky laugh.

    Sons and Lovers | David Herbert Lawrence
  • An Odic Force, as the present quaky period calls it, permeated doubtless from the Master hand.

    Perlycross | R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for quaky

quaky

/ (ˈkweɪkɪ) /


adjectivequakier or quakiest
  1. inclined to quake; shaky; tremulous

Derived forms of quaky

  • quakily, adverb
  • quakiness, noun

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