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rickety

• (s) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  • a rickety table
  • a wobbly chair with shaky legs
  • the ladder felt a little wobbly
  • the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
  shaky, wobbly, wonky,
• (s) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
  • rickety limbs and joints
  • a rachitic patient
  rachitic,
• (s) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  • a feeble old woman
  • her body looked sapless
  debile, infirm, sapless, weakly, decrepit, feeble, weak,

Synonyms

shaky wobbly wonky rachitic debile infirm sapless weakly decrepit feeble weak

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