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Meanings of wobbly in English

Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.

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Examples for "shaky"
1
The pair signed a shaky peace deal last year but violence continues.
Reuters
2
The longest US bull market in history has been looking shaky recently.
The Irish Times
3
Quvenzhané Wallis is, however, looking shaky for best a best actress nomination.
The Irish Times
4
Inside was a note on lined paper, written in a shaky hand:
Into the Water
5
The letter case contained only a brief note in a shaky hand.
Surrender to the will of the night
1
It has the potential to completely undermine an already rickety democratic process.
The Guardian
2
A Florida cracker family, in a rickety wagon, stopped to help them.
The new yorker
3
And the rickety gig rattled merrily off in search of broken bones.
Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories
4
He has great arguments but built the most rickety of bully pulpits.
The Guardian
5
The room at the foot of the rickety, patched stairs was empty.
Nibsy's Christmas
1
All of them are wonky, broken; all of them are purely perfect.
The Guardian
2
The wonky house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
The Guardian
3
Your computer's Wi-Fi being wonky after an OS update has isolated effects.
Wired
4
Thus, to appreciate wonky-ugly proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
The Guardian
5
He had a wonky eye and he didn't speak English very well.
The Guardian
Usage of wobbly in English
1
In such magnitude-10 wobbly times, we have often mobilised against an enemy.
The Guardian
2
In recent reviews, I see I've lavished praise on various wobbly mounds.
The Guardian
3
Both have now started detoxification programmes, but in a rather wobbly fashion.
The Guardian
4
Odd, she didn't remember the bench being wobbly earlier in the day.
Destined to last
5
All the mid section of the wobbly structure was shattered to flinders.
Bloom of Cactus
6
He felt wobbly and drunk as he touched each one in turn.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
7
One road ran through the development, a wobbly horseshoe infested with cul-de-sacs.
Pandemonium
8
Before it all went completely wobbly, I told him who I was.
Class of 88
9
Even when its execution is sometimes wobbly, you never mistake its ambition.
News.com.au
10
Here as in London the show got off to a wobbly start.
The new yorker
11
He wanted for the wobbly fan to fall and guillotine his head.
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
12
This thought made him so sad that his knees felt suddenly wobbly.
The city of ember: book 1
13
Then he slowly stood up from his chair, looking a bit wobbly.
Layover in dubai
14
He thrashed his legs and managed to rise to a wobbly stand.
Proven guilty
15
Jaff made the sort of wobbly snort that passed for a chuckle.
From a Certain Point of View
16
He extended a hand toward Remy and she stood, wobbly and slow.
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United States of America
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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