febrile
adjective
pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
febrility
-
a word derived from
febrile.
Example Sentences
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His 2008 debut, “The Chaser,” found new febrility in the post-Fincher serial killer thriller.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
Two very well connected officials suggested this scenario to me, which shows the febrility right now, even though it seems implausible.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Both Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer paired her winningly with Colin Farrell, with Kidman adding a cool elegance to his unpredictable febrility.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2017
That he was born in the U. S. is unimportant except that his inability to subsist there argues his febrility.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the same time the Stock Market exhibited tokens of excessive febrility, p. 292New York Central dropping twenty-three per cent. and Harlem thirteen.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
