Synonyms for shivery

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shiv-uh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪv ə ri

Top 10 synonyms for shivery

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Définition of shivery

Origin : "characterized by shaking," 1747, from shiver (v.1) + -y (2).

adj tremulous
adj cold

Example sentences :

But he was cold and shivery, so the children wrapped him up.
Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South » by Laura Lee Hope

She was very cold and shivery, and put on her fur coat and cap.
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

To Jack it seemed sort of shivery work, being off there alone.
Extract from : « Jack in the Rockies » by George Bird Grinnell

The thermometer was at 79, but I was quite as shivery as they were.
Extract from : « Miss Eden's Letters » by Emily Eden

“Why, Hazel dear, you look quite white and shivery,” she said.
Extract from : « Harley Greenoak's Charge » by Bertram Mitford

The Americans are shivery people, stewing themselves in a bain-marie.
Extract from : « Jonathan and His Continent » by Max O'Rell

It is too cold for them; they are shivery and become depressed.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh

Now, the two of you are as cold and shivery as can be, and I doubt not, as hungry also.
Extract from : « A Little Mother to the Others » by L. T. Meade

The whole place was ghostly, full of shadows, shivery with possibilities.
Extract from : « When a Man Marries » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But Sophia really had a nervous attack, and was shivery and sick with it.
Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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