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trembly

trembly adjective: in a trembling or shaking state.

Adjective

trembly (comparative tremblier, superlative trembliest)

  1. In a trembling or shaking state
    • […] they found they couldn't look at him and went all trembly.1950, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, page 119

Proper noun capitalized: Trembly

Trembly (plural Tremblys)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of trembly

Adjective
comparativetremblier
superlativetrembliest
Proper noun
pluralTremblys

Origin of trembly

From tremble + -y.

Americanized spelling of the French surname Tremblay

Questions about trembly

What does trembly mean?
Trembly means in a trembling or shaking state.
What part of speech is trembly?
Trembly can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near trembly in the dictionary

  1. tremblingly
  2. tremblingness
  3. tremblings
  4. tremblor
  5. tremblors
  6. trembly
  7. Tremblys
  8. Tremboly
  9. Tremeirchion
  10. tremelimumab
  11. tremella

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