as in trembling
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
the inexperienced lecturer tried to control her trembly hands as she walked onstage
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shaky
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But all that construction could be off to a shaky start, suggests Nerma Caluk, an engineer and lunar specialist for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architecture and structural engineering firm in San Francisco, California.
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After a shaky first quarter that gave way to a nine-point advantage for the Wings, the Valkyries woke up thanks to a huge spark off the bench from Kaitlyn Chen.
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“Trembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trembly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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