tottery

• Umgangssprachliches Adjektiv, das etwas oder jemanden beschreibt, das/der wackelig, schwankend oder unsicher ist und leicht umfallen kann; oft für ältere Menschen oder instabile Dinge verwendet.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone or something that is unsteady, shaky, or likely to fall, often used for elderly people or fragile objects.

1. Unsteady in gaitC1formal

   Walking or moving in a shaky, unsteady manner, often due to weakness, old age, or illness.

   Wackeliger Gang

   • The old man took a few tottery steps before sitting down.
   • After the long illness, she felt weak and tottery on her feet.
   • The toddler's first steps were tottery and uncertain.

   Synonymedodderingdodderyfalteringshakystaggeringunsteadywobbly

   Antonymefirmstablesteady