Quiveringly

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In a quivering manner; with a quiver in the voice.

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1808. Helen St. Victor, Ruins of Rigonda, III. 164. He started, then quiveringly exclaimed.

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1862. R. H. Patterson, Ess. Hist. & Art, 365. Pale tremulous rays … shooting quiveringly along the sky.

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1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., V. xxxvii. One of those quiveringly-poised natures that lend themselves to second-sight.

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1894. Temple Bar Mag., CI. 514. ‘I did hope’ (quiveringly) ‘that you knew me better.’

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