quaveringly

qua·ver  (kwvr)

v. qua·vered, qua·ver·ing, qua·vers

v.intr.

1. To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.

2. To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.

3. Music To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.

v.tr.

To utter or sing in a trilling voice.

n.

1. A quivering sound.

2. A trill.

3. Chiefly British An eighth note.

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[Middle English quaveren, probably frequentative of cwavien, quaven, to tremble.]

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quaver·ing·ly adv.

quaver·y adj.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

quaveringly - in an unsteady quavering manner; "the man began quaveringly to question the soldier"