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BREATHLESSLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a breathless manner
Example:
she spoke breathlessly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
breathless (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)
Context examples:
"Hello!" I interrupted breathlessly. "Look here—this isn't Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby's dead."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
And inside as we wandered through Marie Antoinette music rooms and Restoration salons I felt that there were guests concealed behind every couch and table, under orders to be breathlessly silent until we had passed through.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened—then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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