Synonyms for quivery
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kwiv-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪv ər |
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Définition of quivery
Origin :- "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb.
- adj tremulous
- The sun was shining down, and the air was clear and quivery.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- She was thin and quivery, and her tongue was hanging out and her eyes staring.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- Roll of Bensoulbenjamin rolled to the quivery loveshivery roofpanes.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- I asked, 170 with a quivery little feeling that the world was going topsyturvy with other people besides me.
- Extract from : « Amazing Grace » by Kate Trimble Sharber
- Yes, and she had felt funny herself that evening—a numb, quivery, prickly kind of sensation: it may have been the thunder-storm!
- Extract from : « Bressant » by Julian Hawthorne
- It always gives me a quivery thrill to realize who you are as well as how nice you are.
- Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- For a minute, it had a strange, quivery appearance—unreal and unsubstantial.
- Extract from : « The House on the Borderland » by William Hope Hodgson
- You know she never can stand anybody all jumpy, and jerky, and quivery, like you are now.
- Extract from : « A Little Mother to the Others » by L. T. Meade
- Hanging from it were all kinds of glittery, quivery, sparkly things in silver and gold.
- Extract from : « Maida's Little Shop » by Inez Haynes Irwin
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