Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a shaky, trembling, or tottering manner; feebly.
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- adverb In a
shaky manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an insecurely shaky manner
- adverb in a manner characterized by trembling or shaking
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Aunt Bl-" "Coming, Andrew," she called shakily as she fumbled to raise the strap of her leotard.
Heaven's Price Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1994
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The big, handsome northern flicker is an aggressive bird that often hurls itself at its reflection, falls like a stone, lies on its back with its feet curled up for a while, opens one eye, gets shakily up and staggers through the air to a nearby branch where it spends an hour or two thinking black thoughts—and then flies into the window again.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.
Philip Radford: White House hid truth on spill: The truth and the oil is still out there. Philip Radford 2010
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Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.
Philip Radford: White House hid truth on spill: The truth and the oil is still out there. Philip Radford 2010
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Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.
Philip Radford: White House hid truth on spill: The truth and the oil is still out there. Philip Radford 2010
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Jefferson Airplane, staggering onstage a few hours later, were shakily magnificent.
Woodstock Nation 2009
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Bloomberg reporter Mary Childs closed another shakily sourced report on the future of the iPhone with the remarkable observation on Apple:
The iWhatever Deadpan Line of the Day « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010
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Thunderbird stretched, rose to his feet, shakily, then settled his feathers and ambled weakly toward me.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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And then, turning so gradually he could have been a tree growing toward the light, he lifted a hand and pointed, shakily, to the water tank, where it floated on wooden struts behind the two whitewashed yurts that housed Geshe and Lama respectively and rose like twin ice-cream cones from the dead blasted earth.
The Silence 2010
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Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.
Philip Radford: White House hid truth on spill: The truth and the oil is still out there. Philip Radford 2010
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