Usually means: Unsteady, weak, often due to age.
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  1. doddery: Merriam-Webster
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  3. doddery: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. doddery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. doddery: Dictionary.com
  9. doddery: Rhymezone
  10. doddery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. doddery: FreeDictionary.org
  12. doddery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. doddery: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. doddery: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ adjective:  Doddering, trembly, shaky.

Similar:
gaga, doddering, senile, old, tottlish, quavery, Trembly, dithery, shaky, tremblesome, more...

Opposite:
spry, agile, nimble, vigorous

Types:
gaga, dithery, addled, befuddled, muddled, puzzled, confused, perplexed, more...

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Similar:
gaga, doddering, senile, old, tottlish, quavery, Trembly, dithery, shaky, tremblesome, more...

Opposite:
spry, agile, nimble, vigorous

Types:
gaga, dithery, addled, befuddled, muddled, puzzled, confused, perplexed, more...



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