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† ˈquiverly, adv. Obs.
[f. quiver a. + -ly2.]
Actively, quickly, smartly.
c960Rule St. Benet (Schröer) 122 Ðonne he wel ðenaþ & ures drihtnes heorde cwiferlice ᵹealᵹ að & to rihte manað. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 279 b, Thou playest featly at the tynis and very quyuerly. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A iv, Whiles our Opposites so quiverly goe about..is it time for us..to sit still?
So † ˈquiverness, activity, etc. Obs.
1538Bale Thre Lawes 1323 And toke from me cleane the quyuernesse of bodye. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 142 The Goale is not attained by the quyvernes of the person, nor successe of battell by prowesse. |