adv. Obs. [f. QUIVER a. + -LY2.] Actively, quickly, smartly.

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c. 960.  Rule St. Benet (Schröer), 122. Ðonne he wel ðenaþ & ures drihtnes heorde cwiferlice ʓealʓað & to rihte manað.

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1519.  Horman, Vulg., 279 b. Thou playest featly at the tynis and very quyuerly.

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1637.  Gillespie, Eng.-Pop. Cerem., Ep. A iv. Whiles our Opposites so quiverly goe about … is it time for us … to sit still?

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  So † Quiverness, activity, etc. Obs.

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1538.  Bale, Thre Lawes, 1323. And toke from me cleane the quyuernesse of bodye.

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1581.  J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 142. The Goale is not attained by the quyvernes of the person, nor successe of battell by prowesse.

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