quavery
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quavery (comparative more quavery, superlative most quavery)
- Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling. [from 16th c.]
- 2011, Adam Roberts, By Light Alone, Gollancz, published 2012, page 110:
- In the middle of the square a fountain poured a quavery thread of shining water into its stone font.