Usually means: Voice or sound that trembles.
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  1. quavery: Merriam-Webster
  2. quavery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quavery: Collins English Dictionary
  4. quavery: Wordnik
  5. quavery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. quavery: Wiktionary
  7. quavery: Dictionary.com
  8. quavery: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quavery: Legal dictionary

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  1. quavery: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (quavery)

▸ adjective:  Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.

Similar:
quaverous, quaky, tremulous, quivery, quakey, quiverish, shaky, tremulant, tremando, queachy, more...

Opposite:
steady, firm, unwavering

Types:
tremulous, faltering, faint, weak, wavering, stammering, more...



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Similar:
quaverous, quaky, tremulous, quivery, quakey, quiverish, shaky, tremulant, tremando, queachy, more...

Opposite:
steady, firm, unwavering

Types:
tremulous, faltering, faint, weak, wavering, stammering, more...



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