quaveringly


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qua·ver

 (kwā′vər)
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. Music
a. A trill.
b. An eighth note.
[Middle English quaveren, probably frequentative of cwavien, quaven, to tremble.]
qua′ver·ing·ly adv.
qua′ver·y adj.
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Adv.1.quaveringly - in an unsteady quavering manner; "the man began quaveringly to question the soldier"
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The little girl reeled and, recovering herself, burst into tears and quaveringly cursed him.
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The youth, aghast and filled with wonder at the tall soldier, began quaveringly to question him.
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For example, in Confessions of a Beachcomber he described drifting over a coral garden: 'Tiny fish, glowing like jewels, flash and dart among the intricate, interlacing branches, or quaveringly poise about some slender point--humming-birds of the sea, sipping their nectar.
'Wealth of the reef': the entanglement of economic and environmental values in early twentieth century representations of the Great Barrier Reef

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