1
[ adverb ] in a breathless manner

Synonyms

breathlessly

Examples

"she spoke gaspingly"

Used in print

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

`` I'm General_Burnside 's horse , upside_down '' , Arlene said , sort_of gaspingly , for her : even she had to breathe kind_of funny when she was in that position .

Related terms

breathless breathless

2
[ adverb ] as someone winded and out of breath

Synonyms

pantingly

Examples

"he came running after us pantingly"

Related terms

blown blown blown

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