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SHAKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being unstable and insecure
Example:
the shakiness of the present regime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("shakiness" is a kind of...):
instability; unstableness (the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute)
Derivation:
shaky (not secure; beset with difficulties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shaky motion
Example:
the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
Synonyms:
palpitation; quiver; quivering; shakiness; shaking; trembling; vibration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shakiness" is a kind of...):
motion (a state of change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shakiness"):
tremolo ((music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones)
tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))
Derivation:
shaky (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect)
shaky (vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze)
