quiveringly
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- adverb
- /ˈkwɪvərɪŋli/
- He spoke quiveringly as he recounted the scary story, his voice trembling with fear.
Examples
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She stood quiveringly in the cold wind, her body shaking from the chill.
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No, this was relatively new; Cara's mother was like a house with the windows and doors thrown quiveringly open.
Fiction book (1993) -
The leaves on the tree shook quiveringly during the storm, making a soft rustling sound.
Synonyms
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2.3
Shows worry or fear in the way someone acts
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To speak or move in a trembling, unsteady way
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In a way that shows shaking from fear, cold, or weakness
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Your hands or body move because you feel afraid
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With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt
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In a trembling voice because of fear or strong feeling
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In a way that makes someone shake from cold or fear
Antonyms
How Shaky
Surface Forms
Morphology
quiveringly = quivering (transparent) = quiver + ing + ly
Formed by the verb 'quiver' -> participial adjective 'quivering' -> adverb 'quiveringly'; each step follows regular, productive English suffixation.
Etymology
The word quiveringly comes from the word quiver with the endings -ing and -ly, and quiver comes from an old word meaning 'shake' or 'tremble', like the familiar quake. So, quiveringly means doing something 'in a shaking or trembling way', often because of fear, cold, or strong feeling.