Meanings
adjectivequaverous (comparative more quaverous, superlative most quaverous)
comparative more quaverous · superlative most quaverous
- quavery
Now slows the beat of Summer's dancing pulse; / Her voice has weak and quaverous undertones […]
a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, The Dread of Falling into Naught
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quaverous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaverous
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“quaverous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaverous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quaverous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaverous.
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