😬 Uncertain or weak 🌊 Wavy shape 💫 Unsteady motion

wavery

7.3

Not firm in what someone says and does

adjective
/ˈweɪvəri/

: vacilante

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Examples

She spoke in a wavery manner, unsure of how her words would be received.
His wavery tone revealed his uncertainty about the decision he had to make.
But so this is very fuzzy hand WAVY stuff I'm doing.
It looks better, I think than just doing kind of WAVY test like like Microsoft Word art text.
He looked down into a pool and caught sight of his visage looking up at him, wavery and sinister, and he immediately frabbled his fingers in the water to break up the image, for he had no desire to look upon himself.

Fiction book (1997)
The singer's voice was wavery as she nervously began her first song on stage.

Synonyms

hesitant

vswavery

73 3.2

Slow to act or speak because you feel unsure

expresses the same lack of firmness in a broader sense

shaky

vswavery

59 2.1

Not steady and trembling, often from fear, cold, or tiredness

describes uncertainty or lack of firmness rather than physical instability

fluttery

vswavery

2 4.9

Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body

expresses doubt or hesitation without the excited or light tone

timorous

vswavery

Formal

1 8.6

Feeling nervous and lacking confidence in new situations

means hesitation or lack of firmness rather than general fear

hesitating

vswavery

1 3.4

Slow to speak or act because unsure what to do

focuses on the same hesitation but as a general adjective

trepid

vswavery

1 9.9

Feeling nervous and afraid to do something new

focuses on uncertainty in decision or speech rather than fearfulness

wavering

vswavery

5.3

Hesitating and unsure about a decision or action

is the same idea but expressed as a different word form

sputtery

vswavery

8.4

Speaking with short, broken pauses because of nervousness

shows the same uncertainty but in steadier or longer behaviour

halting

vswavery

6.1

Slow and hesitant way of speaking or moving because of doubt

covers hesitation generally rather than slow, interrupted movement

quavery

vswavery

7.7

Shaky in the voice, often showing nervousness or strong feeling

indicates uncertainty more than physical trembling of sound

warbly

vswavery

8.0

A shaky sound that moves up and down in pitch

refers to uncertainty in action or speech rather than pitch variation

How Uncertain

indecisive

16 4.3

wavery

7.3

hesitant

73 3.2

doubtful

38 3.0

unsure

89 1.5

Surface Forms

wavery positive

Morphology

wavery = waver (transparent) = waver + y

Derived by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'waver', producing the meaning 'inclined to waver/hesitate'.

Etymology

Wavery comes from the idea of moving back and forth like a wave or like someone who wavers. So wavery can mean 'showing doubt or hesitation' because a person or choice that wavers is not steady or firm.