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# shivery

adjective (shivery, shiverier, shiveriest — also more shivery)

«shivery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Shivery means feeling cold and shaking a little, or feeling as if you might shiver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#m1)
2. Shivery can describe something that gives you a slightly scared, tingly feeling, like a spooky story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used about feelings in the body: when you are cold, ill with a fever or scared, you feel shivery. In first-aid and health lessons, feeling hot and shivery can be a sign of a fever, so tell an adult. In stories, a ghost tale can be «shivery».

### Examples

- I felt shivery after swimming in the cold lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x1)
- When she had the flu she was hot and shivery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x2)
- Put on a jumper if you feel shivery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x3)
- The ghost story gave us a shivery feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x4)
- It was a shivery, grey morning at the bus stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x5)
- Wet clothes make you shivery in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x6)
- The dog was shivery and wet after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/#x7)

### Note

Adjective made from shiver + -y. It is an informal, friendly word. Feeling shivery when you are warm can mean illness (a fever or chills). Do not confuse with «shiver» (the verb or noun: «I shiver», «a shiver»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shivery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shivery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shivery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shivery.html) on Mova free.