Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a trembling manner; tremulously.

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  • adverb in a trembling manner

Etymologies

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From trembling (present participle of tremble) + -ly.

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Examples

  • "Judith!" she called tremblingly; but the quiet figure never stirred, and no response came from the pallid lips.

    Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life Grace Beaumont

  • The adverb "tremblingly" offers no relief from this dilemma, since the word could just as easily describe Medusa's faltering vision as our own or the speaker's.

    Shelley, Medusa, and the Perils of Ekphrasis 1996

  • It's a setting known to millions from Oliver Twist, in which the workhouse hero Oliver, "desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery" tremblingly holds out his bowl and says "Please, sir, I want some more."

    Please, sir, save workhouse tied to 'Oliver Twist,' Britain asked 2011

  • He crawled tremblingly to his feet and stood whimpering.

    The Bondage 2010

  • He thrust the glasses tremblingly into Frona's hands.

    CHAPTER 23 2010

  • The thought made the old man panicky for the moment, and he stretched forth a palsied hand which wandered tremblingly over the small heap of dry wood beside him.

    THE LAW OF LIFE 2010

  • The thought made the old man panicky for the moment, and he stretched forth a palsied hand which wandered tremblingly over the small heap of dry wood beside him.

    THE LAW OF LIFE 2010

  • Just as it was tremblingly imperative that Jerry must suddenly squat down, point his nose at the zenith, and vocalize his heart-rending woe, an idea came to him.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • They dare linger no later than this, for the dreadful darkness is approaching, in which the world is given over to the carnage of the hunting animals, while the fore-runners of man hide tremblingly in their holes.

    CHAPTER IX 2010

  • She covered her exposed lap with one hand and held the other tremblingly in front of her to push him away.

    Baby Games Chelsea White 2010

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