tremblingly

English

Etymology

From trembling (present participle of tremble) +‎ -ly.

Adverb

tremblingly (comparative more tremblingly, superlative most tremblingly)

  1. In a trembling manner.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 279:
      Andrew, he said, was coming soon. Tremblingly she wondered when, and went to reread Palmer's letter, but though she had hidden it with her father's unread will, both were gone.
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