SHAKINESS

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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)

Meaning:

A shaky motion

Example:

the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe

Synonyms:

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)