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wavery, a.|ˈweɪvərɪ|
[f. waver v. or n. + -y1.]
Characterized by wavering or fluttering; tremulous, unsteady.
1820Blackw. Mag. VI. 679 Across the silence seem to go With dream-like motion, wavery, slow,..The friends we loved long long ago! 1883Mrs. R. T. Ritchie Bk. Sibyls i. 2 Some old letters covered with a wavery writing. 1897F. Thompson New Poems 184 All her waving hair..Lapsing like music, wavery as water, Slid to her waist. 1913G. S. Porter Laddie iv. (1917) 79 Making his voice all wavery and tremulous he began reciting from ‘Lochiel's Warning’ in tones of agonized pleading. |