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# rickety

adjective

«rickety» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shaky and likely to break or fall apart; weak and loose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a poor house, bed or table that is old and unsafe

### Examples

- The rickety bridge creaked under us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/#x1)
- The old chair was rickety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/#x2)
- We climbed the rickety ladder to the loft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rickety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rickety/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rickety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rickety.html) on Mova free.