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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, adjective
1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. Hot; sultry. ''The feverish north.'' --Dryden.
4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn: fevered.
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adverb -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
feverishly
adverb: in a feverish manner; "she worked feverishly"
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