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Rickety vs Shoogly - What's the difference?

rickety | shoogly |

As adjectives the difference between rickety and shoogly

is that rickety is of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky while shoogly is shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety.

rickety

English

Alternative forms

* ricketty

Adjective

(er)
  • 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.
  • Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
    • The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
  • Affected with or suffering from rickets.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    shoogly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety