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Synonyms for shivery


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shiv-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪv ə ri

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Définition of shivery

Origin :
  • "characterized by shaking," 1747, from shiver (v.1) + -y (2).
  • adj tremulous
  • adj cold
Example sentences :
  • But he was cold and shivery, so the children wrapped him up.
  • Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South » by Laura Lee Hope
  • She was very cold and shivery, and put on her fur coat and cap.
  • Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
  • To Jack it seemed sort of shivery work, being off there alone.
  • Extract from : « Jack in the Rockies » by George Bird Grinnell
  • The thermometer was at 79, but I was quite as shivery as they were.
  • Extract from : « Miss Eden's Letters » by Emily Eden
  • “Why, Hazel dear, you look quite white and shivery,” she said.
  • Extract from : « Harley Greenoak's Charge » by Bertram Mitford
  • The Americans are shivery people, stewing themselves in a bain-marie.
  • Extract from : « Jonathan and His Continent » by Max O'Rell
  • It is too cold for them; they are shivery and become depressed.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
  • Now, the two of you are as cold and shivery as can be, and I doubt not, as hungry also.
  • Extract from : « A Little Mother to the Others » by L. T. Meade
  • The whole place was ghostly, full of shadows, shivery with possibilities.
  • Extract from : « When a Man Marries » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But Sophia really had a nervous attack, and was shivery and sick with it.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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