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[ adverb ] with tears; in a tearful manner
Examples "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Though there was an occasional good-natured chuckle about Marvin_Goulding , the Jewish officer from Chicago , singing tearfully about the ould sod , no_one really thought it was strange . |
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