WAVERY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

wavery

adjective

Definition of wavery

as in wobbly

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Adjective

There’s a wobbly job market and stubborn inflation, which make paychecks uncertain and diminish buying power.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
Fewer and fewer companies offer pensions, however, making that stool increasingly wobbly.

— Trina Paul,Dan Avery, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of wobbly

Adjective

With such a shaky sense of purpose, is John Sugar prepared to wade through to the other side of these rancid waters?

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Unfortunately, what Ten Hag was trying to build was on shaky foundations, which crumbled quickly in the following campaign, despite an unlikely FA Cup final victory.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of shaky

Adjective

The robot successfully navigated university campuses, forest trails, grassy fields, rocky terrain, staircases, stepping stones, logs, gaps, and fallen branches.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
The rocky beaches around the amphitheater offer a clear line of sight of the Starship launch pad, and there are often spectators on boats out of nearby Port Isabel offering a picturesque view.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of rocky

Adjective

Randy Quaid played the tipsy Vietnam vet and former alien abductee Russell Casse, who ultimately delivers righteous vengeance upon Earth’s otherworldly invaders.

— Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Taqueria Hoy remains a refuge for factory workers, restaurant crews, tipsy clubbers, cops, families, insomniacs and others hungry in between.

— Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

Definition of tipsy

Adjective

Past attempts to teach people to spot AI faces have focused on training viewers to look for visual glitches or statistical fingerprints left behind by a particular image generator, such as a wonky ear or an eye with two pupils.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 29 June 2026
The campaign marks a major public escalation in the otherwise wonky battle between a federal regulator that is typically out of the spotlight and a major broadcast network.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026

Definition of wonky

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