waveryadj.
/ˈweɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈweɪv(ə)ri/ Characterized by wavering or fluttering; tremulous, unsteady.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective]
waveringc1540
tilting1606
titubating1653
volatile1654
tittering1661
drunken1786
wavery1820
vacillating1822
joggly1828
yawing1835
teetering1845
wambly1857
pecky1864
drunk1881
teetery1900
wambling1908
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 679 Across the silence seem to go With dream-like motion, wavery, slow,..The friends we loved long long ago!
1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls i. 2 Some old letters covered with a wavery writing.
1897 F. Thompson New Poems 184 All her waving hair..Lapsing like music, wavery as water, Slid to her waist.
1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie (1917) iv. 79 Making his voice all wavery and tremulous he began reciting from ‘Lochiel's Warning’ in tones of agonized pleading.
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