Definitions

tottery

[tot-uh-ree] / ˈtɒt ə ri /

ADJECTIVE

unstable

Synonyms

WEAK

ambiguous borderline capricious changeable dizzy dubious erratic fickle fitful fluctuating giddy inconsistent inconstant insecure irrational lubricious mercurial mobile movable moving mutable not fixed precarious rickety risky rocky sensitive shaky shifty slippery suspect teetering temperamental ticklish tottering tricky uncertain unpredictable unsettled unsteady untrustworthy vacillating variable volatile wavering weak weaving wiggly wobbly

ADJECTIVE

insecure

Synonyms

WEAK

defenseless exposed fluctuant frail hazardous immature infirm insubstantial loose open to attack perilous precarious rickety rocky rootless shaky tottering unguarded unprotected unreliable unsafe unshielded unsound unstable unsteady unsure vacillating vulnerable wavering weak wobbly

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Mr. Coltrane’s music finds a tottery balance in the space between free-form improvisation and pulsing, onrushing flow.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018

There's wit, in Helena Bonham Carter's tottery impersonation of Hermione transformed into villainess Bellatrix Lestrange.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2011

She looked pale, dull-eyed and tottery but presently sat up, laughed and chattered with her mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am growing very tottery and had considerable difficulty in dressing this a. m.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here the reckless hero frolicked about on his little tottery legs.

From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.

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