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tearily

UK/ˈtɪəɹɪli/US/ˈtɪɹɪli/

tearily adverb: in a teary manner.

Adverb

tearily (comparative more tearily, superlative most tearily)

  1. In a teary manner.
    • When Danna Walker left the second-floor conference room and returned tearily to her desk — where someone had already deposited a packing box for her belongings — her first thought was not of the 14 years she had worked for DHL or the loss of her $37,000-a-year salary.2009 April 21, Kevin Sack, “With Son in Remission, Family Looks for Coverage”, in New York Times
    • That's so funny. The cop up there, [the] border patrol officer, like, tearily recounting the incident, y'know? How he nearly died? God, that's funny.2025 November 10, The Vaush Pit, 1:57 from the start, in HE'S FREE, spoken by Ian Anthony "Vaush" Kochinski

Forms of tearily

comparativemore tearily
superlativemost tearily

Origin of tearily

From teary + -ly.

Words that rhyme with tearily

Questions about tearily

What does tearily mean?
Tearily means in a teary manner.
What part of speech is tearily?
Tearily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tearily?
Tearily is pronounced /ˈtɪəɹɪli/ (UK).

Words near tearily in the dictionary

  1. teargassed
  2. teargasses
  3. teargassing
  4. tearier
  5. teariest
  6. tearily
  7. tearin'
  8. teariness
  9. tearing
  10. tearing a cat
  11. tearing along

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