Rickety Definition

rĭkĭ-tē
ricketiest, ricketier
adjective
ricketiest, ricketier
Liable to collapse or break down because weak or unsteady.
Webster's New World
Feeble with age; infirm.
American Heritage Medicine
Weak in the joints; tottering.
Webster's New World
Of or having rickets.
Webster's New World

Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.

He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
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Other Word Forms of Rickety

Adjective

Base Form:
rickety
Comparative:
ricketier
Superlative:
ricketiest

Origin of Rickety

  • From rickets

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rickety Sentence Examples

  • Martha's voice dropped to a whisper as she pointed to a rickety staircase.

  • He was ungainly, with rickety legs.

  • But a rickety wooden thing like you has no right to be alive.

  • Most large predators could never accomplish the climb up a rickety tree, but cats are naturally strong and agile.

  • Born at Honfleur he was cabinboy for a while on board the rickety steamer that plied between Havre and Honfleur across the estuary of the Seine.

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Words Starting With

RRIRIC

Words Ending With

YTYETY

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