rickety
rickety
Definition
rick·ety (rik′it ē)
adjective
- of or having rickets
- weak in the joints; tottering
- liable to fall or break down because weak; shaky
rick′·eti·ness noun
rickety
Synonyms
rickety
modif.
rickety
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- ladder: The only method of boarding the boat below the lock was a rather rickety ladder attached to the left hand wing wall.
- stair: Having climbed the rickety wooden stairs, three men guided us into the thick, deep mud.
- staircase: On inspecting under the bridge, I was amazed to discover that there was a rickety old wooden staircase was still in place!
- cart: I'm writing this from the rickety old cart which is now heading north.
- bridge: Access to these was often only by way of a rickety rope bridge across a ravine.
- fence: I just managed to keep him in sight as he deftly vaulted the rickety wooden fence at the back of the house.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: The only method of boarding the boat below the lock was a rather rickety ladder attached to the left hand wing wall.
- very: We were approaching a very rickety part of the bridge.
- slightly: Very nice little place, and we were seated toward the back on a slightly rickety table for two.
- too: She may pass the next without being dashed to pieces, but she is too rickety to stand the third.
Used with adjective complement
- look: The stable looked rickety, it smelled of animals and had fragile doors and windows.
Browse dictionary entries near rickety
- rickettsia
- rickets
- Rickenbacker
- rick
- ricinolein
- ricinoleic acid
- ricin
- Richter scale
- Richter
- richness
