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Recent Examples of shakily
On YouTube, cats with radial nerve paralysis were able to walk shakily.
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Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakily
Adverb
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The opening layers vanilla and honey into a faintly sweet and almost liquor-like aroma.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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The porch smells faintly of lime and ginger, and the house hums the way houses do when a good conversation has just ended.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Thus begins a harsh yet delicately portrayed version of the classic journey of a boy into a dangerous, foreign world.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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With surreal flourishes and bursts of absurdity, filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler casts a beguiling, dreamlike spell that delicately examines motherhood, class and identity.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
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After striking out weakly in his at-bat in the fourth, the Twins removed Jeffers from the game.—
David Brown,
Twin Cities,
6 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 5 Oct. 2025.
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