tremulously

comparative more tremulously · superlative most tremulously

1. In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner.
2. In a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner; betraying fear in the voice.

   "Are you—all—all right?" she asked, tremulously.

   1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 20, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC

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   `This time place really is falling down,' she cried tremulously.

   1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 49