Definition of movingly in US English:
movingly
adverbˈmo͞oviNGlēˈmuvɪŋli
In a way that produces strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy.
his last hours are movingly described in a letter from his son
she spoke movingly about her ordeal
Example sentencesExamples
- Just before she tried to commit suicide, she sang a movingly mournful prayer with a solo oboe.
- Kay is adept at shaping a movingly sensitive melodic line.
- His story emerges slowly and movingly, mainly through Avia's conversations with him.
- If I had to identify one key thing about the project, it would be the theme of family that the film explores so movingly.
- Paco's last words movingly express a yearning for a future to believe in.
- The views are movingly majestic!
- Complementing this clinical evidence, he movingly recounts that the painter long endured "great mortification and pain."
- Jana sings movingly - undoubtedly the most accomplished performer in the group.
- He writes movingly about the trauma he and his wife suffered when their daughter was born mentally handicapped.
- She has talked movingly of the difficulties of being a businesswoman and having young children.