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Definition of Shivery
1. Adjective. Cold enough to cause shivers. "Shivery weather"
2. Adjective. Provoking fear terror. "The most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Scare, Scare, Shiver, Shudder
Definition of Shivery
1. a. Tremulous; shivering.
Definition of Shivery
1. Adjective. Given to shivering; tending to shiver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shivery
1. shivering [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shivery
Literary usage of Shivery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... he, with much labor and effort, acquired a knowledge of his letters and syllables.
Poor old Ned ! After a Ion;; Rfe of unrequited toil and shivery, ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"They were dress'd in green livery But seem'd rather shivery, For 'twas only a
trille 'o leaves that they wore, But they caper'd away Like the sweeps on ..."
3. William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries: Seventy Years of Social and by Thomas Archer (1903)
"... and in 1823 had moved in the House of Commons that shivery was repugnant to
the principles of the British constitution and to Christianity. ..."
4. Castilian Days by John Hay (1903)
"... is cold as the snow, — the merchant prudently carries a little pot of hot
water over a spirit- lamp to take the chill off for shivery customers. ..."
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