movingly
- adverb
- /ˈmuːvɪŋli/
- 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.
- The the you've written brilliantly about so movingly about addiction and recovery.
Examples
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"I shook the hand of the American dream," he says, very movingly.
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And as a candidate, his most lauded speech was one in which he movingly called for racial reconciliation.
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You write so movingly and have such a love for both horses; it is a beautiful thing to see.
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You sang those songs so movingly.
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President Obama talked movingly about "the empty seat at the dinner table."
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He never played more beautifully, more movingly.
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In his recent book Human Dignity, George Kateb speaks movingly of the contingent future embedded in the very figure and practice of dignity.
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Sarah is convinced by Nate to foster abused Jordan, and this novel movingly portrays the healing power of mercy and love.
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Scientists, then, at least some of them, can write well—wittily, movingly, powerfully—when they choose to.
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After the screening, he spoke movingly about his own trips to our national parks.
Synonyms
In a way that shows strong feelings
In a way that shows deep pain or longing
In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad
In a sad way that shows grief
In a way that makes people feel very sad
In a way that makes you feel sad or moved
Shows deep feeling and moves people
In a way that shows strong feeling
In a moving way that makes people feel sad or touched
In a way that makes people feel very sad
In a way that makes people feel very sad and cry
In a way that makes people feel warm and loving toward another person
In a way that makes people feel strong emotion and excitement
In a way that makes a strong emotional and lasting impression
Causes people to feel very moved or delighted
To speak or write in a way that shows strong feelings
Antonyms
How Moving
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.