SHAKY

• (adj.) not secure; beset with difficulties

  "a shaky marriage"

  synonyms : precarious

  Their marriage had been precarious right from the start, so it was no surprise when they decided to get divorced. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

  "a rickety table", "a wobbly chair with shaky legs", "the ladder felt a little wobbly", "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

  synonyms : rickety , wobbly , wonky

• (adj.) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

  "a quaking bog", "the quaking child asked for more", "quivering leaves of a poplar tree", "with shaking knees", "seemed shaky on her feet", "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier", "trembling hands"

  synonyms : shivering , trembling

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