Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: breathlessly
IPA transcription: [bɹ'ɛθləsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: breathlessly
    Meaning: in a breathless manner; "she spoke breathlessly"
Usage examples
  • "Yes!" I cried, breathlessly.
  • Fuller watched it breathlessly.
  • She leaned forward breathlessly.
  • "When?" demanded Polly breathlessly.
  • "Get some brandy!" I cried, breathlessly.
  • "They just came," said Nancy Ellen rather breathlessly.
  • "I don't know," she whispered breathlessly, as one half-fascinated.
  • Brokenly, gaspingly, breathlessly, Milburgh told the story of his meeting with Sam Stay.
  • He waited breathlessly. The light deepened; things before invisible came to view; he saw the whole field, and all it sheltered.
  • "But," said the countess, breathlessly, with her eyes fixed on Monte Cristo, whose arm she convulsively pressed with both hands, "we are friends, are we not?"