shaky
[ shey-kee ]
/ ˈʃeɪ ki /
adjective, shak·i·er, shak·i·est.
tending to shake or tremble.
trembling; tremulous.
liable to break down or give way; insecure; not to be depended upon: a shaky bridge.
wavering, as in allegiance: His loyalty, always shaky, was now nonexistent.
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Origin of shaky
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shaky
/ (ˈʃeɪkɪ) /
adjective shakier or shakiest
tending to shake or tremble
liable to prove defective; unreliable
uncertain or questionableyour arguments are very shaky
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shaky
1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily; shakiness.
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