heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly adverb: in a heartbreaking manner.
Adverb
heartbreakingly (comparative more heartbreakingly, superlative most heartbreakingly)
- In a heartbreaking manner
- It was a chilly progress and heartbreakingly slow.1930, Alice Alison Lide, Margaret Alison Johansen, chapter VI, in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer, page 80
- Cooper’s death was heartbreakingly familiar: 31 children died of vehicular heatstroke in the United States in 2014, the year the boy died, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN
Forms of heartbreakingly
| comparative | more heartbreakingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most heartbreakingly |
Origin of heartbreakingly
From heartbreaking + -ly.
Questions about heartbreakingly
- What does heartbreakingly mean?
- Heartbreakingly means in a heartbreaking manner.
- What part of speech is heartbreakingly?
- Heartbreakingly is an adverb.
Words near heartbreakingly in the dictionary
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