All 3 Uses of
tremulous
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Tiny, her tremulous fernfoils of maidenhair.†
Chpt 11 *
- The voice of penance and of grief came slow, embellished, tremulous.†
Chpt 11
- With circumspection, as invariably when entering an abode (his own or not his own): with solicitude, the snakespiral springs of the mattress being old, the brass quoits and pendent viper radii loose and tremulous under stress and strain: prudently, as entering a lair or ambush of lust or adders: lightly, the less to disturb: reverently, the bed of conception and of birth, of consummation of marriage and of breach of marriage, of sleep and of death.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(tremulous) quivering (unsteady or shaky) -- usually from weakness or fear -- especially of the voice