Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
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Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
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Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
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Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
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Nimble; active.
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Nimble; active.
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Quality of being shaky.
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Quality of being shaky.
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To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.
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To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.
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Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
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Affected with rickets.
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of Shiver
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of Tremble
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