qua´ver|ing|ly

qua´ver|ing|ly
qua|ver «KWAY vuhr», verb, noun.
–v.i.
1. to shake; tremble: »

The old man's voice quavered. Like rivers over reeds Which quaver in the current (Philip J. Bailey).

2. to trill in singing or in playing on an instrument.
–v.t.
1. to sing or say in trembling tones: »

He quavered forth a quaint old ditty (Washington Irving).

2. to sing with trills.
–n.
1. the act of shaking or trembling, especially the voice: »

His voice…had nothing of the tremulous quaver and cackle of an old man's utterance (Hawthorne).

2. a trill in singing or in playing on an instrument.
3. British. an eighth note.
[frequentative form of earlier quave shake]
qua´ver|ing|ly, adverb.

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