Entry Word: shaky

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements <the old man's hands were so shaky that I was afraid he'd drop the glass>

Synonyms quaking, quavery, shaking, shuddering, shuddery, tottery, trembling, tremulous, wobbling, wobbly

Related Words shivering, shivery

Near Antonyms controlled, firm, settled, stable, steady

2 giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged <results that were arrived at using some shaky experimental procedures> — see doubtful 2