different between doubtful vs shaky
doubtful
English
Alternative forms
- doubtfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da?tf?l/
- Hyphenation: doubt?ful
Adjective
doubtful (comparative more doubtful, superlative most doubtful)
- Subject to, or causing doubt.
- Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
- Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
- (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
- Improbable or unlikely.
- Suspicious, or of dubious character.
- Unclear or unreliable.
Derived terms
- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
Translations
Noun
doubtful (plural doubtfuls)
- A doubtful person or thing.
- 1976, Kenneth Gibbons, Donald Cameron Rowat, Political Corruption in Canada: Cases, Causes and Cures (page 45)
- They had their lists of Liberals and of the doubtfuls who still remained doubtful. As the election drew near, the force of the whole organization was turned upon these unrepentant doubtfuls.
- 1976, Kenneth Gibbons, Donald Cameron Rowat, Political Corruption in Canada: Cases, Causes and Cures (page 45)
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shaky
English
Etymology
shake +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?ki/
- Rhymes: -e?ki
Adjective
shaky (comparative shakier, superlative shakiest)
- Shaking or trembling.
- a shaky spot in a marsh
- a shaky hand
- Nervous, anxious.
- He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.
- 2006, Paul A. Grayson, ?Philip W. Meilman, College Mental Health Practice (page 11)
- For the college clinician, restless nights after letting a shaky student walk out of the office are an occupational hazard. Are the student's safety assurances credible? Will he or she make it safely through the weekend?
- (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
- shaky timber
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shaky.
- Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
- a shaky constitution
- shaky business credit
- Wavering; undecided.
Synonyms
- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly
Derived terms
- shakiness
- shakycam
Translations
Anagrams
- hayks
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