unquiveringadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɪv(ə)rɪŋ/ That does not quiver; steady.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering > not
unquivering1782
tremorless1869
unquaking1881
the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > one showing no sign of fear > [adjective] > not blenching or flinching > not trembling
unquakingeOE
untrembling1570
untremulous1826
unquivering1844
1782 Whitehall Evening-post 17–19 Oct. There, with a firm and unquivering hand, the barbarian cut it [sc. the body of his dead lover] into twelve parts.
1805 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 2) 75 The breast And wing unquiv'ring of the wheeling lark.
1844 Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes 195 He who..with unquivering heart and hand can meet Ever distress.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 14 Dec. The same Indian.., with unquivering lip and unfaltering eye.
1930 R. W. Lane Let. Apr. in J. C. Ehrardt Writers of Conviction (2004) iii. 115 I continue to keep an unquivering chin and to appear blithe and gay, but it is a heavenly relief to confess to you I'm scared stiff.
1958 ‘E. Rodman’ in Super-sci. Fiction June 67/2 With unquivering fingers he completed the connection.
2012 Economist 27 Sept. That the chief whip is a good man with an unquivering gaze has been taken as proof of his innocence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1782