"tottering" meaning in English

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        "Unsteady, precarious or rickety."
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        "Unstable, insecure or wobbly."
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          "wobbly",
          "wobbly"
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          "sense": "wobbly",
          "word": "wackelnd"
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          "word": "schwankend"
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          "roman": "sphalerós",
          "sense": "wobbly",
          "word": "σφαλερός"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "wobbly",
          "word": "cādūcus"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wobbly",
          "word": "hūoioi"
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          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
          "word": "precarious"
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          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
          "word": "rickety"
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        {
          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
          "word": "shaky"
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        {
          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
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          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
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          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
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          "sense": "not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over",
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          "wobbly"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "schwankend"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "wobbly",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "rickety"
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      "word": "shaky"
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