a. [f. TOTTER v. + -Y.] Given to tottering; shaky; unsteady.
1855. Observer, 5 Feb., 1/2. For the Derby, St Hubert opened rather ‘tottery,’ 8 to 1.
1861. Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxf., vi. When I looked up and saw what a tottery performance it was, I concluded to give them a wide berth.
1880. Miss Braddon, Just as I am, xviii. Frances felt very faint and tottery.
1907. Speaker, 19 Jan., 484/2. Stocks have been distinctly ‘tottery’ this week.
