tremulously
adverb
tremulously is an adverb meaning “In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-E-M-U-L-O-U-S-L-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tremulously mean?
adverb
- 1
In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner.
- 2
In a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner; betraying fear in the voice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tremulously?
Tremulously has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tremulously
- more tremulously comparative
- most tremulously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tremulously?
Tremulously appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tremulously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | tremulamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tremulously come from?
From tremulous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).