Definition of "feverish" []

• Of, relating to, or resembling a fever. (adjective)
• Having a fever or symptoms characteristic of a fever. (adjective)
• Causing or tending to cause fever. (adjective)
• Marked by intense agitation, emotion, or activity: worked at a feverish pace. (adjective)

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• "The No. 1 is what I call feverish in its vibrations, and would be certain to give any instrument a hollow tone, an instrument cuddled, tempered, and made to fit the ear of the expected purchaser by the experienced one who has it to dispose of."
• "I have been feeling a little cabin feverish as here in almost always sunny Phoenix we had terrible rains, flooding and trees down."
• "In those days, banking was not national, and New York and Chicago were in feverish competition."