totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
Example Sentences
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And clustered close drew the three comrades, with Death at their elbows, and as the oldest rose totteringly he spoke in a voice audible only for a few feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the woman crept totteringly down the steps and turned to go.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
"Don't put out your pipe," she said to old Grandfather Doby, rising totteringly respectful from his chimney-side chair.
From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Then she climbed slowly and totteringly down the stairs.
From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony
Between these two, then, the infirm little old man, who had been the gay youth, moved totteringly toward the Masked Lady.
From Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old by Laite, Blanche Fisher
