quakinglyadv.
/ˈkweɪkɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈkweɪkɪŋlɪ/ Tremblingly; with quaking or fear.
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adverb] > in a shuddering manner
quakingly1566
shiveringly1825
a-shake1856
shudderfully1872
aquake1875
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Aiij What vayles it the so quakinglye To grubbe and grip the moulde.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. i. sig. Ii5v Pen did neuer more quakingly performe his office.
1798 W. Richards Geiriadur Saesneg a Chymraeg 286/2 Quakingly, dan grynu, yn grynedig.
1847 Southern & Western Literary Messenger & Rev. 13 147/1 Quakingly, Sir Anthony Made all the truth appear.
1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xii. 63 Joan went rather quakingly..to prefer her petition.
1895 Harper's Mag. July 318/2 Yosef, who had followed me quakingly up the steps, had stopped at the door.
1911 School Rev. 19 330 He reads out the name of the boy, who rises respectfully and quakingly to his feet.
1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond Some like it Hot (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 30 (stage direct.) Joe and Jerry emerge quakingly from behind the Hupmobile.
2004 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 11 June A comedy that has a few quakingly funny moments but feels unfocused and out-of-touch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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