quiveringly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English quivering

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English quiveringly

From quivering + -ly.

Adverb

quiveringly (comparative more quiveringly, superlative most quiveringly)

1. While quivering, or as if quivering

   He stepped quiveringly forward.

See also

• quaveringly