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Meaning of 'rickety' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rickety [ a.]
- Affected with rickets.
- Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.

Meaning of 'rickety' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rickety [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Example in sentence:
  • a feeble old woman;
  • her body looked sapless
Meaning (2):
- affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
Example in sentence:
  • a rachitic patient;
  • rickety limbs and joints
Meaning (3):
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Example in sentence:
  • a rickety table;
  • a wobbly chair with shaky legs;
  • the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky;
  • the ladder felt a little wobbly

Nearby Words:

rice rice-shell ricebird rich riches richesse richly richness richweed ricinelaidic

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