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

Example Sentences

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You mustn't even mind being a little tottery upon your legs at first.

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He tried to stand, but found he was too tottery on his legs.

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He took her arm, and Melian, who had not expected anything like so affectionate a welcome, felt in her present tottery state inclined to break down utterly.

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Mary, although a little "tottery," as she said, was able to walk slowly, and she declared it was much better for her to go too, than to remain at home wondering what was happening.

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The vibration and shock of the heavy guns had been too much for the old tower, which, for years in a tottery condition, had been patched up so often.

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