tremblingly
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5.8
- adverb
- /ˈtrɛmblɪŋli/
:
temblorosamente
- Before it, the air pressure could at times achieve a perfect balance of extreme forces, so that I could lean my body weight in any direction and remain tremblingly still.
Examples
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I waited tremblingly for the results of my test, my heart racing with anxiety.
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"I must leave the tower" was the single phrase lettered in front of me like a telegram to myself, and I crawled tremblingly, ponderously to the door of the spiral descent.
Fiction book (1996) -
I was chilled at the sight and passed tremblingly by.
Academic text (2008) -
Applying a little more pressure, I said, under my breath and through clenched teeth, "Open the door." "Wait, buddy, listen," he answered tremblingly.
Fiction book (1990) -
" He lies there like a jellyfish washed up, bulging, tremblingly full of a desire for its lost element.
Fiction book (1990) -
There being no object that stands out and holds the consciousness, nothing solid on which the eye can rest or the mind settle, we are tremblingly thrown back on our own subjectivity and our own fear of death.
Academic text (1993) -
Given here is a tremblingly precise, unknowing touch that has already begun, a Derridian "contraction" that occurs blindly, asymmetrically, rhythmically, in and outside time.
Blog text (10) -
"Young women may be termed romantic," she writes, "when they boast of being tremblingly alive all o'er, and faint and sigh as the novelist informs them they should" (7:19).
Academic text (2010) -
She approached the stage tremblingly, nervous about performing in front of the crowd.
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As the storm raged outside, I sat tremblingly under the blanket, feeling chilly and scared.
Synonyms
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3.9
To speak or move in a trembling, unsteady way
To shake slightly because of fear, cold, or strong feeling
Your hands or body move because you feel afraid
In a way that makes someone shake from cold or fear
In a trembling voice because of fear or strong feeling
In a way that makes someone shiver from fear or disgust
In a nervous way with small quick movements
Antonyms
How Shaky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tremblingly comes from the old root trem- meaning 'to shake', as in tremor. So, to act tremblingly is to act in a shaking way, often because of fear, cold, or weakness.