fe"ver*ish*ly

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. [1913 Webster]

2.Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [1913 Webster]

3.Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4.Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Syn: fevered. [1913 Webster]

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]