sobbingly

An adverb describing an action performed while sobbing or in a tearful, emotionally distressed manner. It is relatively rare in everyday speech and is more often found in literary or descriptive writing.

• 🇫🇷Adverbe décrivant une action accomplie en sanglotant ou d'une manière larmoyante et émotionnellement oppressée. Relativement rare dans le langage courant, il s'emploie surtout dans des textes littéraires ou descriptifs.

1. With sobs B2 formal

   In a manner characterized by sobbing; while crying with short, convulsive breaths.

   • She sobbingly recounted the story of her loss.
   • He sobbingly apologized for his mistake.
   • The child sobbingly asked for his mother.

   🇫🇷en sanglotant

   Synonymes: tearfully

• more sobbingly comparative form
• most sobbingly superlative form