shakily
/ˈʃeɪkɪli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃeɪkɪli/
shakily
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
sha - ki - ly -> shakily
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ တုန်တုန်ယင်ယင် ဖြစ်နေသော။ a shaky voice ❍ Her hands are shaky because she's nervous. ❍ He looks a bit shaky on his feet.
၂။ ခနော်နီခနော်နဲ့။ ချည့်နဲ့သော။ a shaky chair/table ❍ (fig ) a shaky marriage ❍ The government is looking rather shaky at the moment. ❍ You're on shaky ground with that argument. ❍ The team recovered from a shaky start to score four goals in the second half. shakily /-Çli/ adv
More examples
- ‘Instead, from what I could make out over the music, her voice sounded shaky and weak.’
- ‘She touched her lips with shaky fingers, lips quivering as the tears ran past them.’
- ‘I shook my head, pointing a shaky finger towards the box.’
- ‘The nurse came in and introduced herself, and with a shaky hand I shook hers.’
- ‘It's two in the afternoon, now, and I still feel shaky and weak.’
- ‘I was still feeling weak and shaky, but I wasn't worried about it.’
- ‘Gavin's voice sounds miraculous, the low baritone of it trembling in my already shaky spine, and I needed him here.’
- ‘I took a shaky breath and with a trembling hand, I took out the paper once more, my eyes skimming over the quickly written words.’
- ‘He looked up surprised, shook his head and gave out a shaky laugh.’
- ‘The old man laughed as well, a strange, shaky laugh that went along with his accent.’
- ‘He was trembling and his breathing was shallow and shaky.’
- ‘I let out a shaky laugh and pulled away so that I could look up at him.’
- ‘A shaky laugh bubbles past his lips, and dizzy words start tumbling out of him.’
- ‘Hannah's voice trembled as she said this and she took shaky steps toward her sister's bedroom door.’
- ‘My legs felt weak, my body shaky, and I wasn't sure whether I was hot or cold.’
- ‘When they parted, the two gave a small, shaky, yet happy laugh.’
- ‘He gripped the steering wheel, letting out a shaky little laugh before speaking.’
- ‘He leaned against the table and tried to find a chair to sit on, but his legs were too shaky and weak to even bend.’
- ‘He still felt weak and shaky, as if he had recovered from the flu.’
- ‘She managed a shaky smile, and held out a trembling hand - the one that she wasn't gripping Greg's with - for me to shake.’
Synonyms
wobbly, unstable, unsteady, insecure, rickety, all aquiver, aquake, aquiver, ashake, doubtful, dubious, faltering, fluctuant, indecisive, infirm, jellylike, jerry-built, jittery, nervous, not dependable, not reliable, not set, on the spot, out on a limb, out on limb, precarious, problematic, quaking, questionable, quivering, quivery, rattletrap, rocky, rootless, shaking, shivering, shuddering, suspect, tottering, tottery, trembling, tremorous, tremulous, tumbledown, uncertain, unclear, undependable, unfirm, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, unsupported, unsure, up a tree, vacillating, wavering, weak, yielding
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