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also wabbly
as in shaking
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
all wobbly from the chills associated with the flu
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Recent Examples of wobbly
Some aren’t convinced that attempting to climb the ranks on set will pay off at a time when competition is so cutthroat and the future of the business is so wobbly.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The finances also are wobbly here as all the money left behind by the Dowager Countess has been squandered.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Passing the bill would be a step — even if a slightly wobbly one — in a better direction.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
But beneath the surface, things can get a little wobbly.
—Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
That support now appears wobbly at best.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Ressurection of the oblique wing However, this concept has its own inherent problems, such as stability nightmares in the past (the 1970s NASA AD-1 was notoriously wobbly and hard to control).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The finances also are wobbly here as all the money left behind by the Dowager Countess has been squandered.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Passing the bill would be a step — even if a slightly wobbly one — in a better direction.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
But beneath the surface, things can get a little wobbly.
—Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
That support now appears wobbly at best.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Ressurection of the oblique wing However, this concept has its own inherent problems, such as stability nightmares in the past (the 1970s NASA AD-1 was notoriously wobbly and hard to control).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbly
trembly
Adjective
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That week’s host, Emily Blunt, did the trembly voice-over.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2020
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“Wobbly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobbly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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