tottering

American  

[tot-er-ing] / ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. walking unsteadily or shakily.

2. lacking security or stability; threatening to collapse; precarious.

   a tottering empire.

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Other Word Forms

• totteringly adverb
• untottering adjective

Etymology

Origin of tottering

totter + -ing ²

Example Sentences

We walked with them, even old Granny Mallon tottering along.

From Literature

It is also another blow to the tottering system of international law.

From BBC

Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times

He sees the milk carton tottering, and tries to reach it, but his fingers graze the side.

From Literature

There, tottering on the edge of the railing that circled the parlor’s private balcony, was Edward Ashton.

From Literature