waveryadj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪv(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈweɪv(ə)ri/

Etymology: < waver v. or waver n.³ + -y suffix¹.

Characterized by wavering or fluttering; tremulous, unsteady.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective]

waveringc1540

tilting1606

titubating1653

volatile1654

tittering1661

drunken1786

wavery1820

vacillating1822

joggly1828

yawing1835

teetering1845

wambly1857

pecky1864

drunk1881

teetery1900

wambling1908

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 679 Across the silence seem to go With dream-like motion, wavery, slow,..The friends we loved long long ago!

1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls i. 2 Some old letters covered with a wavery writing.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 184 All her waving hair..Lapsing like music, wavery as water, Slid to her waist.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie (1917) iv. 79 Making his voice all wavery and tremulous he began reciting from ‘Lochiel's Warning’ in tones of agonized pleading.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wavery
释义	waveryadj. Brit. /ˈweɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈweɪv(ə)ri/ Etymology: < waver v. or waver n.³ + -y suffix¹. Characterized by wavering or fluttering; tremulous, unsteady. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] waveringc1540 tilting1606 titubating1653 volatile1654 tittering1661 drunken1786 wavery1820 vacillating1822 joggly1828 yawing1835 teetering1845 wambly1857 pecky1864 drunk1881 teetery1900 wambling1908 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 679 Across the silence seem to go With dream-like motion, wavery, slow,..The friends we loved long long ago! 1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls i. 2 Some old letters covered with a wavery writing. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 184 All her waving hair..Lapsing like music, wavery as water, Slid to her waist. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie (1917) iv. 79 Making his voice all wavery and tremulous he began reciting from ‘Lochiel's Warning’ in tones of agonized pleading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1820
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