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"
If you describe a situation as shaky, you mean that it is weak or unstable, and seems unlikely to last long or be successful. A shaky ceasefire is holding after three days of fighting between rival groups I'm afraid that this school year is off to a shaky start
vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e g with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit
If your body or your voice is shaky, you cannot control it properly and it shakes, for example because you are ill or nervous. We have all had a shaky hand and a dry mouth before speaking in public