huffingly
- adverb
- /ˈhʌfɪŋli/
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- The children ran up the hill and stood huffingly at the top, catching their breath.
Examples
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He arrived huffingly at the finish line, clearly exhausted from the race.
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After chasing the bus, she entered the classroom huffingly and apologized for being late.
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She spoke huffingly after running up the stairs.
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After the race, she spoke huffingly to her coach.
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He arrived huffingly at the finish line, clearly exhausted from the race.
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The children ran up the hill and stood huffingly at the top, catching their breath.
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After chasing the bus, she entered the classroom huffingly, out of breath and slightly embarrassed.
Synonyms
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In a way that shows you have little air because you feel excited, scared, or very tired
In a way that shows quick, heavy breathing from effort or excitement
In a way that shows a person is breathing hard after effort or shock
With short, quick breaths after hard exercise
Someone breathes in a noisy, heavy way like loud snoring
With short, noisy breaths because it is hard to breathe
Antonyms
How Breathless
Surface Forms
Morphology
huffingly = huffing (transparent) = huff + ing + ly
Built from 'huff' (to pant/breathe heavily) -> 'huffing' + '-ly'; the adverbial meaning 'in a way that shows heavy breathing' is directly derived.
Etymology
Huffingly comes from huff, which also means 'to breathe hard' or 'to puff' after effort. So arriving huffingly means breathing loudly and quickly, like after running or hurrying.