aguishlyadv.
/ˈeɪɡjʊɪʃli/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌɡjəwɪʃli/, /ˈeɪˌɡjuɪʃli/ Now rare and somewhat archaic.
In an aguish manner; with or as if with ague.
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1646 D. Evance Justa Honoraria 7 Upon my Lords Sickness. Being first only for four days Aguishly distempered, then fiercely assaulted with a Lethargy.
1695 T. Byfield Horæ Subsecivæ 12 The Fever comes Aguishly, or intermittingly, with Cold and Heat by turns.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxviii. 261 Shivering with cold, as if aguishly seized.
1795 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. (1965) II. 225 Violently ill—aguishly starved—appetite gone.
1854 W. Collins Hide & Seek II. iv. 102 Nodding and smiling..till her vast country bonnet trembled aguishly on her head.
1876 Tinsley's Mag. 18 655 His teeth chatter agueishly.
1909 Des Moines (Iowa) News 27 Mar. 7/1 The crash and roar of the piano..caused the small incandescent lights in the apex of the dome to shiver aguishly.
2009 J. M. Scott Twinkling xxiii. 455 They wait aguishly to meet you with open hearts and arms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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