tottering

Other forms: totteringly

Definitions of tottering
  1. adjective
    unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
    “a tottering skeleton of a horse”
    synonyms: tottery
    unsteady
    subject to change or variation
  2. adjective
    (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse
    “a tottering empire”
    synonyms:
    unstable
    lacking stability or fixity or firmness
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