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gaspingly

gaspingly

8.4
With short, quick breaths after hard exercise
  • adverb
  • /ˈɡæspɪŋli/
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  • The runner finished the race gaspingly, struggling to catch her breath.

Examples

  • After climbing the steep hill, he spoke gaspingly to his friends.

  • He laughed gaspingly after the long, intense workout.

  • She gaspingly took a step back when she saw the snake.

  • The audience reacted gaspingly to the magician's trick.

  • She finished her speech gaspingly after racing to the stage.

  • He spoke gaspingly as he tried to recover from the exertion of running.

  • The boy inhaled gaspingly after lifting the heavy box.

Synonyms

breathlessly
vsgaspingly
13 4.0

In a way that shows you have little air because you feel excited, scared, or very tired

focuses on short quick breaths rather than a general lack of air
windedly
vsgaspingly
9.1

In a way that shows a person is breathing hard after effort or shock

is about short, quick breaths rather than longer heavy breathing
pantingly
vsgaspingly
7.7

In a way that shows quick, heavy breathing from effort or excitement

involves shorter, sharper breaths rather than sustained heavy breathing
huffingly
vsgaspingly
8.4

In a way that shows breathing hard from effort or excitement

is about short, quick breaths rather than loud, prolonged heavy breathing

How Breathless

breathlessly
13 4.0
gaspingly
8.4
pantingly
7.7
wheezily
1 7.8
normally
884 1.0

Surface Forms

gaspingly positive

Morphology

gaspingly = gasping (transparent) = gasp + ing + ly

The adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective/participle 'gasping', producing the clear meaning 'in a gasping manner'.

Etymology

The word gaspingly comes from the simple verb gasp, which means 'to take a short, sharp breath'. So when someone speaks or moves gaspingly after hard exercise, they are making those quick breathing sounds because they are out of breath.