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Unsteady

adjective

Subject to change or variation. "His hand was unsteady as he poured the wine" , "An unsteady voice"

Not firmly or solidly positioned. Synonym: unfirm. "An unfirm stance"

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"Unsteady" Quotes from Famous Books

... Boyd's voice sounded unsteady, but he did not hesitate to bring his own mount in on ...

— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton

... listened as the servant greeted Mr. Brassfield, and then hurried back to her seat by the grate, and became so absorbed in her book that she was oblivious of his being shown into the room, until the maid had retired, leaving him standing at gaze, his brow beaded with sweat, his face pale and his hands unsteady. The early Christian had entered ...

— Double Trouble - Or, Every Hero His Own Villain • Herbert Quick

... clear that Jack Minton had already satisfied his thirst two or three times, for his face was flushed and his step unsteady. ...

— Mark Mason's Victory • Horatio Alger

... foot of the mountains, and) following the course of their range. The way was difficult and rugged, (running along) a bank exceedingly precipitous, which rose up there, a hill-like wall of rock, 10,000 cubits from the base. When one approaches the edge of it, his eyes become unsteady; and if he wished to go forward in the same direction, there was no place on which he could place his foot; and beneath where the waters of the river called the Indus.(1) In former times men had chiselled ...

— Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms • Fa-Hien

... man with very fair hair, a narrow forehead, watery blue eyes and a weak, dissipated face. Walter Hine was dressed in a cheap suit of tweed much the worse for wear, and he entered the room with the sullen timidity of the very shy. Moreover, he was a little unsteady as he walked, as though he had not yet recovered ...

— Running Water • A. E. W. Mason

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