1.
[syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]
2. the quality of being unstable and insecure;
- Example: "the shakiness of the present regime"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shakiness \Shak"i*ness\, n.
Quality of being shaky.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shakiness
n 1: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
quivering, vibration, palpitation]
2: the quality of being unstable and insecure; "the shakiness of
the present regime"