Definisjon av rickety

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Adjective

rickety - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
shaky, wobbly, wonky
unstable highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
rickety - affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient"
rachitic
ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
rickety - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly
frail physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
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Adjektiv

rickety - Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.
rickety - Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
rickety - Affected with or suffering from rickets.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: rickety
  • Komparativ: ricketier / more rickety
  • Superlativ: ricketiest / most rickety

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