What's the difference between shaky and shaly?

Shaky


Definition:

  • (superl.) Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
  • (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.
  • (superl.) Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Shaky phone footage of the raid that circulated online showed the vigilantes kicking, slapping and insulting the men, with one of them slumped naked on the ground during the attack.
  • (2) Moody's isn't catching up with shaky peripheral nations but pre-empting a credit downgrade of the EU's strongest core members.
  • (3) Obama and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) got off to a shaky start: the KRG, which mostly benefited from the US invasion of Iraq, was wary of an American president anxious to withdraw and detach from the country.
  • (4) People using the search engine on Monday to find out about the term, coined to describe the prime minister’s manifesto commitment to shake up the funding of old age care, found the top result was a paid-for link from Conservatives .com that read: “The so-called ‘dementia tax’ – get the real facts.” Tory plans for change to care costs 'risk being built on shaky foundations' Read more It links to a five-point Q&A, which explains that “only by getting a good Brexit deal will we be able to continue to fund our public services, like social care”.
  • (5) But when that verdict is given, it should be recalled that, after a shaky start, parliament gave the matter due and dutiful consideration; that it fulfilled its constitutional function properly and, for the most part, with civil propriety.
  • (6) 1.37am BST Cardinals 0 - Dodgers 0, top of 2nd Well Ryu doesn't look nearly as shaky as he did against the Braves, rather, he looks a whole lot like the jolly fellow that went 14-8 with a 3.00 ERA in the regular season.
  • (7) "It's a little bit shaky," the pilot radioed, but seconds later he was reportedly taking pictures of the ground beneath him as the craft glided back to earth.
  • (8) Disturbances of the cerebellum may cause a kinetic tremor of the extremities or shakiness of the trunk.
  • (9) I’ve seen what Grobbelaar did against Roma, too, but I don’t think I’ve got the shaky legs!
  • (10) What is needed is a route to recognising, in law, the value of parenting.” This first year may have been a bit of a shaky start, but I would recommend SPL to anyone.
  • (11) Banks stopped lending almost overnight, and the Wilsons' property merry-go-round suddently started looking increasingly shaky.
  • (12) The State Department said the US remained committed to making the talks happen, but acknowledged it had been a shaky start.
  • (13) Two percent of normal controls noted that drinking coffee made their hands shaky.
  • (14) Gaga, however, is not like other pop stars, and despite a shaky start – earlier this week, Artpop was outside's Amazon's top 20 sellers – the album is now heading for a No 1 debut in the album chart tomorrow, which would make it the 999th No 1 album in UK chart history.
  • (15) The Rams arrived at Ewood Park on the back of a six-game unbeaten run that suggested they were adapting to the philosophy of their new manager, Paul Clement, after a shaky start.
  • (16) Even by his shaky standards, Erdoğan’s behaviour during the campaign was exceptionally boorish.
  • (17) For instance, the financial case for new roads in the United Kingdom, shaky at the best of times, falls apart if you attach almost any value to the rise in greenhouse gases they cause.
  • (18) Jasmine, broke and shaky, goes to stay with adopted sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins) in her boxy San Francisco flat.
  • (19) That might be the case in the Premier League, though the theory was made to look as shaky as some of the United defending by the superbly mobile and bewitchingly ingenious Barcelona attack.
  • (20) But news that another pillar of the German corporate establishment looked shaky added to the sense of uncertainty.

Shaly


Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling shale in structure.

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