Usually means: Unsteady due to nervousness or weakness.
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  1. shakily: Merriam-Webster
  2. shakily: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shakily: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shakily: Vocabulary.com
  5. Shakily, shakily: Wordnik
  6. shakily: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shakily: Wiktionary
  8. shakily: Dictionary.com
  9. shakily: Rhymezone
  10. shakily: FreeDictionary.org
  11. shakily: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. shakily: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shakily: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a shaky manner.

Similar:
shakingly, shakenly, tremblingly, unsteadily, tremulously, tremorously, wamblingly, quakily, quaveringly, feebly, more...

Opposite:
steadily, firmly, securely, confidently

Types:
steady, steady as she goes, steady as a rock, steady as a clock, more...

Phrases:
say shakily, said shakily, breathe shakily, shakily walked, to say shakily, more...

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Similar:
shakingly, shakenly, tremblingly, unsteadily, tremulously, tremorously, wamblingly, quakily, quaveringly, feebly, more...

Opposite:
steadily, firmly, securely, confidently

Types:
steady, steady as she goes, steady as a rock, steady as a clock, more...

Phrases:
say shakily, said shakily, breathe shakily, shakily walked, to say shakily, says shakily, shakily said, more...



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