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Shakiness

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Noun

1. palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration

a shaky motion

Example Sentences:
'the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe'

2. shakiness

the quality of being unstable and insecure

Example Sentences:
'the shakiness of the present regime'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shakiness

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adjectiveWord forms: shakier or shakiest
1. 
tending to shake or tremble
2. 
liable to prove defective; unreliable
3. 
uncertain or questionable
your arguments are very shaky

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Shakiness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈshakier or ˈshakiest
1. 
not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady, as a structure, belief, etc.
2. 
a. 
trembling or tremulous
b. 
nervous or jittery
3. 
not dependable or reliable; questionable

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shakiness

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adj. shak·i·er, shak·i·est
1. Trembling or quivering; tremulous: a shaky voice.
2. Lacking soundness or sturdiness, as of construction: a shaky table.
3.
a. Not to be depended on; precarious: a shaky alliance.
b. Wavering in firmness: a shaky belief.
c. Open to question or doubt: shaky evidence.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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