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Definition of Asthmatically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asthmatically
Literary usage of Asthmatically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1889)
"He wheezes asthmatically. 8. He has the rheumatism. There's a collection of
cheerful ideas for you! There's a jolly, rollicking, ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... and, breathing asthmatically, had the additional motive for making her remarks
unexceptionable and giving them a general bearing, that even her whispers ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"When we left depot B on January 14, the congestion had greatly increased : he
was breathing asthmatically and spitting up a considerable amount of blood. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"He was not an old man, though he affected to be so—walking very slowly and
deliberately, coughing asthmatically, glimmering with his eyes, and mumbling like ..."
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