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shiveringly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English shivering Middle English -ly English -ly English shiveringly From shivering + -ly.

Meanings

1. While shivering, for example with fright.
   • I shiveringly walked into the cold graveyard at night.
2. In a manner or to an extent that makes one shiver.
   • A breath of shiveringly cold air stirred, like an invisible icy hand searching behind the furniture and down unseen halls for what it had lost. 2010 September 9, Kate Elliott, Cold Magic, Orbit, →ISBN:
   • Old and new ballads delivered in shiveringly strong and colored voice. 1983 April 9, Walta Borawski, “Midler in Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

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