tottery

[ tot-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. tottering; tottering; shaky.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tottery¹

First recorded in 1745–55; totter + -y ¹

Example Sentences

You mustn't even mind being a little tottery upon your legs at first.

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He tried to stand, but found he was too tottery on his legs.

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He took her arm, and Melian, who had not expected anything like so affectionate a welcome, felt in her present tottery state inclined to break down utterly.

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Mary, although a little "tottery," as she said, was able to walk slowly, and she declared it was much better for her to go too, than to remain at home wondering what was happening.

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The vibration and shock of the heavy guns had been too much for the old tower, which, for years in a tottery condition, had been patched up so often.

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