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Breathlessly

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Adverb

1. breathlessly

in a breathless manner

Example Sentences:
'she spoke breathlessly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Breathlessly

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adjective
1. 
out of breath; gasping, etc
2. 
holding one's breath or having it taken away by excitement, etc
a breathless confrontation
3. 
(esp of the atmosphere) motionless and stifling
4. rare
lifeless; dead

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Breathlessly

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adjective
1. 
without breath
2.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
no longer breathing; dead
3. 
out of breath; panting or gasping
4. 
unable to breathe easily because of excitement, fear, etc.
5. 
of or characteristic of writing having a light, superficial, or dramatic, fast-paced style intended to excite the interest of the reader
6. 
still and heavy, as the air; stifling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Breathlessly

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adj.
1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.
2.
a. Excited or tense, often to the point of holding the breath: a breathless audience.
b. Tense or exciting, often in causing or being characterized by holding of the breath: breathless anticipation.
3.
a. Not breathing; without breath.
b. Dead.
4. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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