rickety (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: shaky , wobbly , wonky ]

  2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; rickety limbs and joints; a rachitic patient

    [ Syn: rachitic ]

  3. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; a feeble old woman; her body looked sapless

    [ Syn: decrepit , debile , feeble , infirm , sapless , weak , weakly ]

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