a. [f. QUAKE v.1 + -Y1.] Inclined to quake; of the nature of quaking.
1864. in Webster.
1865. Morn. Star, 5 July. King Pam. I feel quite quaky. Brand. Nay, my good lord, be not at shadows shaky.
1869. Thackeray, Round. Papers, xxix. 326. So old and toothless and quaky that she can’t sing a bit.
1884. ‘H. Collingwood,’ Under Meteor Flag, 88. A curious quaky sensation which had for a moment oppressed me.
