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Definition of Sobbingly
1. Adverb. With sobs. "Sobbingly, the teenager admitted killing the baby"
Definition of Sobbingly
1. Adverb. In a sobbing manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sobbingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sobbingly
Literary usage of Sobbingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop of by William John Fitzpatrick (1861)
"... and writhing for some moments, like one convulsed in pangs of epilepsy, fell
sobbingly senseless back " He had now concluded, and the gaze of admiration ..."
2. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"The hills sweated the ghi and sugar suet off his bones ; the dry air, taken
sobbingly at the head jf cruel passes, firmed and built out his upper ribs ..."
3. Acres of Diamonds by Russell Herman Conwell, Robert Shackleton (1915)
"But a tall, black- haired man met her and noticed her tears and, stopping, asked
why it was that she was crying, and she sobbingly replied that it was ..."
4. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"Gwendolen gave way, and letting her head rest against her mother, cried out
sobbingly, " Oh, mamma, what can become of my life ? there is nothing worth ..."
5. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
""Yes, Madeline," she mutters, sobbingly; "you must learn to live without Raoul.
If there's to be no Raoul, you must learn to live without him. ..."
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