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Recent Examples of shakily
On a rainy Saturday last summer, I can be found paddling out, popping up, and generally hanging ten—goofily, shakily, semi-triumphantly—in a skylit East Village walk-up.
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Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
On YouTube, cats with radial nerve paralysis were able to walk shakily.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
On YouTube, cats with radial nerve paralysis were able to walk shakily.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakily
Adverb
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The notion that the nine-time Women’s Super League champions need more hunger in the one competition that has historically evaded them may sound faintly ridiculous but this was a night that left plenty to be desired.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Mild and buttery with faintly mushroomy and cabbagey notes, this one is easy to love.—
Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With the match delicately poised with Barcelona leading 2-1, Messi drove away from players to find Alba in space on the left.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Kidman topped the look with a dainty black bow that hung delicately from her long, golden locks.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In the sixth, Chisholm walked to the plate with Aaron Judge on second base and Giancarlo Stanton on first and two outs, but Chisholm grounded out weakly to second base.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The sun blasts us from the left and warm air puffs weakly from the vents.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Shakily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakily. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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