What is "rickety" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does rickety mean in English? Meaning of rickety definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "rickety" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "rickety": inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

Adjective

  • Meaning: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: rickety shaky wobbly wonky
  • Similar: unstable
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈrɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈrɪk.e.ti/

    Meaning of "rickety": affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

    Adjective

  • Meaning: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
  • Example: rickety limbs and joints a rachitic patient
  • Synonyms: rachitic rickety
  • Similar: ill sick
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈrɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈrɪk.e.ti/

    Meaning of "rickety": lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  • Example: a feeble old woman her body looked sapless
  • Synonyms: debile decrepit feeble infirm rickety sapless weak weakly
  • Similar: frail
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈrɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈrɪk.e.ti/

  • Adjective: Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky. He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering. The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.Affected with or suffering from rickets.
  • Synonyms:

    dilapidated, shaky, decrepit, broken, flimsy, wobbly, ramshackle, derelict, feeble, fragile, frail, imperfect, infirm, insecure, jerry-built, precarious, rattletrap, rocky, unsteady, wavering, weak, tottering, tottery, rachitic, tumble-down,

    Antonyms:

    stable, firm, steady, sound, unshaky,

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    rickety in English: rickety
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