Antonyms for shaky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shey-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ ki

Definition of shaky

Origin : 1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily; shakiness.

adj trembling
adj doubtful

Example sentences :

Now the man had an old grandfather at home, who was weak and shaky.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Shaky was on his feet in an instant, and his anger was blazing in his fierce eyes.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

He weighed the stories he had heard from Shaky, and picked them threadbare.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

She found it very hard to speak and, when she did do so, her voice was shaky.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It is so shaky nowadays that I can scarcely decipher some of it.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

"There were some fishermen there—with fish," he said in a shaky voice.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

After epileptic seizures and attacks of hysteria the writing is shaky.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

More than an hour, now, since Ivan had bidden him a shaky good-night!
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Shorts had a shaky grasp of one arm of Dillon, and Spuddy the other.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

As soon as I went in, he came runnin' to me; but I could see he was shaky on his legs.
Extract from : « Rudder Grange » by Frank R. Stockton

Synonyms for shaky

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