shaky
adjective
tending to shake or tremble.
shakiness
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a word derived from
shaky.
Example Sentences
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But another factor might also help explain some of the recent shakiness: BDCs are more loaded with debt than they used to be, often in ways that are hard to discern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Habana: "There was a shakiness over whether they could win it, not like their team in 2015."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
Hurkacz held three set points when he led the opening tiebreaker 6-3, but he showed some shakiness and couldn’t hold on.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
“Like even the shakiness of their voice or nervousness in their voice, and it felt like, ‘OK, this is real.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
So I know it’s not a shimmer and in the shakiness I can just about catch him still kneeling, praying some prayer, and Viola laid out on the ground in front of him.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
