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palpitating, ppl. a.|ˈpælpɪteɪtɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That palpitates; throbbing, quivering.
1791Cowper Iliad xxii. 535 She rushed with palpitating heart And frantic air abroad. 1863Ld. Lytton Ring Amasis I. i. ii. i. 103 A pretty woman, bosomed in an airy cloud of palpitating gauze. 1882Rossetti Ball. & Sonn. 201 Some shadowy palpitating grove that bears Rest for man's eyes and music for his ears.
Hence ˈpalpiˌtatingly adv.
1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 518 Heart-palpitatingly entered he that well-remembered portal. 1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. II. x. 259 It lifts her out of timidity into an adoration still palpitatingly fearful. |