Feelingly
['filɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) with great feeling; 'she spoke feelingly of her early childhood'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.
Checker: Williams
Examples
- You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay, that I thank you with all my heart, and will open all my heart--or nearly so. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr Boffin feelingly represented to him: 'don't you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She spoke with great agitation; and Emma very feelingly replied, That can be no reason for your being exposed to danger now. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Indeed, I will not, answered I, feelingly, and I will advise him to continue his journey to Italy very shortly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He heard it patiently and feelingly, but I saw that on the two subjects he had reserved it was at present hopeless to make any representation to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He listened with the utmost attention, and said, feelingly, when I had done: 'I am rejoiced at it, sir! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There was the meat-pie of which the youth had spoken so feelingly, and there were, moreover, a steak, and a dish of potatoes, and a pot of porter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You are sadly cut up, I know, Susan, said Caleb, looking feelingly at her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He had spoken so sensibly and feelingly of my weakness that I wanted to know something about his strength. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You speak feelingly, Rector, he said at length, with a certain hesitation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But as the little woman feelingly says, many thanks she gets for it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No letter is uninteresting which is written naturally and feelingly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I speak feelingly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I think,' rejoins Twemlow, feelingly, 'that it is the best club in London. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It seems to me, Mrs. Trenor feelingly concluded, that most of her alimony is paid by other women's husbands! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Checker: Williams