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What is the adjective for rickety?

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rickety
  1. Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
  2. Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
  3. Affected with or suffering from rickets.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. unstable, shaky, wobbly, unsteady, flimsy, precarious, insecure, tottery, tottering, ramshackle, fragile, unsafe, rocky, weak, frail, unbalanced, unsound, decrepit, dilapidated, disintegrating, broken, crumbling, decaying, feeble, rumpty, derelict, infirm, wavering, tumbledown, rattletrap, shacky, shambly, jerry-built, broken-down, tumble-down, falling to pieces, teetery, wonky, teetering, wobbling, unsecured, insubstantial, shaking, wiggly, dodgy, trembling, movable, breakable, trembly, makeshift … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “It's like a rickety house, with undulating floorboards and windows sloping down to one side.”
      “We head up a rickety flight of stairs, pass through a wooden door, and suddenly my jaw drops open.”
      “There are no green-covered trees to shelter us from the icy north blasts, just the weathered clapboard of this rickety house.”
ricketed
  1. Having the medical condition of rickets.
ricketty
  1. Alternative spelling of rickety
rickettier
  1. comparative form of ricketty: more ricketty
rickettiest
  1. superlative form of ricketty: most ricketty
ricketier
  1. comparative form of rickety: more rickety
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shakier, wobblier, unsteadier, flimsier, fragiler, rockier, weaker, frailer, feebler, infirmer, shackier, more unstable, more precarious, more insecure, more tottery, more tottering, more ramshackle, more unsafe, more unbalanced, more unsound, more decrepit, more dilapidated, more broken, more rumpty, more derelict, more wavering, more tumbledown, more shambly, more broken-down, wonkier, more insubstantial, more breakable, wigglier, dodgier, more movable, tremblier, more makeshift, more unreliable, more delicate, more tremulous, lighter, more wabbly, more frangible, more vulnerable, slighter, shoddier, looser, spindlier, more quivery, more wayward … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Anyway, it's nice to be back home and only a little bit ricketier than I was before.”
ricketiest
  1. superlative form of rickety: most rickety
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shakiest, wobbliest, unsteadiest, flimsiest, fragilest, rockiest, weakest, frailest, feeblest, infirmest, shackiest, most unstable, most precarious, most insecure, most tottery, most tottering, most ramshackle, most unsafe, most unbalanced, most unsound, most decrepit, most dilapidated, most broken, most rumpty, most derelict, most wavering, most tumbledown, most shambly, most broken-down, wonkiest, most insubstantial, most breakable, wiggliest, dodgiest, most movable, trembliest, most makeshift, most unreliable, most delicate, most tremulous, lightest, most wabbly, most frangible, most vulnerable, slightest, shoddiest, loosest, spindliest, most quivery, most wayward … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even the ricketiest old chap can be terribly offended if offered a seat by a 40-year-old woman.”
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