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tottery

[tot-uh-ree]
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adjective
  1. tottering; shaky.
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Origin of tottery

First recorded in 1745–55; totter + -y1
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Related Words for tottery

ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable

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Historical Examples of tottery

  • The major closed the latchless door and took the one tottery chair.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm

    Irvin S. Cobb

  • But An' Jerusha, very rheumatic and tottery, went brave as an autumn sunset.

    The Open Question

    Elizabeth Robins

  • He tried to stand, but found he was too tottery on his legs.

    The White Crystals

    Howard R. Garis

  • Cash was tottery weak from his own illness, and he could not speak above a whisper.

    Cabin Fever

    B. M. Bower

  • When I did get up, I felt so tottery that I could hardly keep my feet.

Word Origin and History for tottery

adj.

1861, from totter + -y (2).

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