tremulously
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]tremulously (comparative more tremulously, superlative most tremulously)
- In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner.
- In a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner; betraying fear in the voice.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 20, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- "Are you—all—all right?" she asked, tremulously.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 49:
- `This time place really is falling down,' she cried tremulously.
Translations
[edit]in a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner
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in a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner
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