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movingly

movingly

4 4.7
Makes people feel deep sadness or pity
  • adverb
  • /ˈmuːvɪŋli/
translation icon : conmovidamente
  • Harold has written about this experience before, movingly—and what it’s taught him about the value of programs like Medicaid.
  • writes movingly
  • spoke movingly
  • most movingly

The the you've written brilliantly about so movingly about addiction and recovery.

Examples

  • "I shook the hand of the American dream," he says, very movingly.

    Blog text (8)
  • And as a candidate, his most lauded speech was one in which he movingly called for racial reconciliation.

    Blog text (17)
  • You write so movingly and have such a love for both horses; it is a beautiful thing to see.

    Blog text (18)
  • You sang those songs so movingly.

  • President Obama talked movingly about "the empty seat at the dinner table."

    Blog text (21)
  • He never played more beautifully, more movingly.

  • In his recent book Human Dignity, George Kateb speaks movingly of the contingent future embedded in the very figure and practice of dignity.

  • Sarah is convinced by Nate to foster abused Jordan, and this novel movingly portrays the healing power of mercy and love.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Scientists, then, at least some of them, can write well—wittily, movingly, powerfully—when they choose to.

    Academic text (1998)
  • After the screening, he spoke movingly about his own trips to our national parks.

Synonyms

emotionally
vsmovingly
369 2.7

In a way that shows strong feelings

narrows focus to arousing sadness or sympathy specifically
achingly
vsmovingly
5 6.6

In a way that shows deep pain or longing

focuses more on arousing sadness or sympathy rather than longing
poignantly
vsmovingly
5 7.0

In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad

is similar but used more generally for moving moments
mournfully
vsmovingly
4 4.7

In a sad way that shows grief

arouses strong emotion but not only expressed sadness or grief
heartbreakingly
vsmovingly
3 5.1

In a way that makes people feel very sad

is milder and can mean strong feeling without extreme pain
touchingly
vsmovingly
2 5.1

In a way that makes you feel sad or moved

is broader, applying to any strong emotion but often sadness
soulfully
vsmovingly
2 6.4

Shows deep feeling and moves people

is more concerned with creating sadness or sympathy in others
feelingly
vsmovingly
  • Archaic
1 6.7

In a way that shows strong feeling

is more about causing sadness or sympathy than showing feeling
affectingly
vsmovingly
1 7.1

In a moving way that makes people feel sad or touched

is more focused on sadness and sympathy than general emotion
heartrendingly
vsmovingly
8.4

In a way that makes people feel very sad

is less extreme, arousing strong feeling without always causing pain
tearingly
vsmovingly
8.4

In a way that makes people feel very sad and cry

is broader, arousing deep feeling not limited to tears
meltingly
vsmovingly
  • Literature
5.9

In a way that makes people feel warm and loving toward another person

is less about tenderness and more about strong sadness or sympathy
stirringly
vsmovingly
6.2

In a way that makes people feel strong emotion and excitement

leans more toward sadness and sympathy than energetic emotion
resonantly
vsmovingly
6.6

In a way that makes a strong emotional and lasting impression

is more about immediate sadness or sympathy than lasting effect
transportingly
vsmovingly
  • Archaic
8.8

Causes people to feel very moved or delighted

is narrower, aiming mainly to arouse sadness or sympathy
emotively
vsmovingly
5.9

To speak or write in a way that shows strong feelings

specifies sadness and sympathy rather than general strong feelings

Antonyms

In a calm way that does not show feelings

How Moving

movingly
4 4.7
poignantly
5 7.0
touchingly
2 5.1

Surface Forms

movingly positive

Morphology

movingly = moving (transparent) = move + ing + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'moving', and the meaning 'in a moving way' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Movingly comes from the verb move, from the old Latin root movere meaning 'to move'. So to act movingly is to 'move' someone's feelings, like the word emotion, making them feel strong sadness or sympathy.