Meanings
adjectiveshivery (comparative shiverier, superlative shiveriest)
comparative shiverier · superlative shiveriest
- Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
The cold night made me all shivery.
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Within are the ferret hutches, warm and dry; for the ferret is a shivery creature, and likes nothing so well as to nozzle down in a coat-pocket with a little hay.
1878 June, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The Man Himself—His House, and Tools”, in The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecold enough to cause shivers
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APA
shivery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shivery
MLA
“shivery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shivery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shivery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shivery.
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