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shaky
Open to question or doubt:
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  1. Open to question or doubt:
  2. Nervous; Anxious.
  3. Not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady
fragile
Physically weak; frail; delicate
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  1. Physically weak; frail; delicate
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
unsteady
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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  1. Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
  2. Not firm or stable; shaky
  3. Not even or regular; wavering:
wobbly
Inclined to wobble; shaky
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  1. Inclined to wobble; shaky
  2. Tending to wobble; unsteady.
infirm
(Archaic) Lacking firmness of will, character, or purpose; irresolute.
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  1. (Archaic) Lacking firmness of will, character, or purpose; irresolute.
  2. Not strong or stable; shaky:
  3. Not firm or strong physically; weak; feeble, as from old age
rachitic
(Medicine) Pertaining to or affected by rickets. [from 18th c.]
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  1. (Medicine) Pertaining to or affected by rickets. [from 18th c.]
  2. Feeble, in a weak or precarious condition. [from 19th c.]
precarious
Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
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  1. Subject to chance or unknown conditions:
  2. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises:
  3. Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
shaky
Nervous; Anxious.
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  1. Nervous; Anxious.
  2. Open to question or doubt:
  3. Not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady
unstable
Having a strong tendency to change.
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  1. Having a strong tendency to change.
  2. Not firmly placed; unsteady:
  3. Not stable
unsteady
Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
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  1. Erratic in habits, purpose, or behavior
  2. Not even or regular; wavering:
  3. Not firm or stable; shaky
wobbly
Tending to wobble; unsteady.
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  1. Tending to wobble; unsteady.
  2. Inclined to wobble; shaky
Find another word for rickety. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rickety, like: shaky, fragile, unsteady, wobbly, infirm, tottering, rachitic, weak, sick, weak and precarious.

Sentence Examples

  • Martha's voice dropped to a whisper as she pointed to a rickety staircase.

  • He was ungainly, with rickety legs.

  • But a rickety wooden thing like you has no right to be alive.

  • "Uncle" lifted Natasha off her horse and taking her hand led her up the rickety wooden steps of the porch.

  • Born at Honfleur he was cabinboy for a while on board the rickety steamer that plied between Havre and Honfleur across the estuary of the Seine.

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