Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Shaky; unstable.

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  • adjective Apt to quaver.

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Examples

  • Bits of memory came, shadow shapes that took focus: the trilithons, the worlds we had seen, Kenleth standing with Derek and Lupe in the crawler, blinking at his tears and calling his quavery farewell.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

  • A quavery voice comes from down the block, a convict bitching about nothing in particular.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • "It would be good to set the mizzen-topgallant," I heard Captain West mutter in a weak, quavery voice.

    CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010

  • Her voice got quavery, and for a moment, I thought she might be about to cry.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • Her voice got quavery, and for a moment, I thought she might be about to cry.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • A quavery voice comes from down the block, a convict bitching about nothing in particular.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • It seeks to draw yet another quavery line under scandal.

    That settles it for libel law reform. Thanks, Mr Murdoch 2011

  • Her breathing had turned quavery, and a red blotch had popped out on her neck.

    When I Became a White Girl 2010

  • “Hello, my boy,” the former headmaster said in his quavery old-man voice, looking up from some test tubes.

    #33 Killer Connections FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2010

  • “Hello, my boy,” the former headmaster said in his quavery old-man voice, looking up from some test tubes.

    #33 Killer Connections FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2010

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