breathlessly
/ˈbrɛθləsli
/adverb
1In a way that involves gasping for breath, typically due to exertion: breathlessly, we run faster and faster she laughed breathlessly...
- He caught up to Sue, who was in fainting fits, and put her on the bed, after which he breathlessly summoned the landlady and ran out for a doctor.
- The girl raced breathlessly away to reach her camp before the bell rang for "lights out."
- It's not that there are fewer hours in the day; the problem is that so much of our time is spent racing around breathlessly.
1.1In a way that is characterized by great excitement or suspense: we breathlessly await their new release fan websites that are breathlessly updated
- quarter grain
- quarter ground
- quarter guard
- quarter-gunner
- quarter heel
- quarter-hollow
- quarter hoop
- Quarter Horse
- quarter-hour
- quartering
- quartering machine
- quarter-in-the-slot
- quarter jack
- quarterland
- quarter leather
- quarter-light
- quarter line
- quarterly
- quarterly meeting
- quarterman
- quartermaster
- quartermaster captain
- Quartermaster General
- quartermaster-generalship
- quartermastering