shiveringly

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adverb

While shivering, for example with fright.

“I shiveringly walked into the cold graveyard at night.”

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbshiveringly (comparative more shiveringly, superlative most shiveringly)

comparative more shiveringly · superlative most shiveringly

  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.

    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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiveringly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiveringly.

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