sobbinglyadv.
/ˈsɒbɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈsɑbɪŋli/ In a sobbing manner; with sobs.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adverb] > in sobbing manner
sobbingly1565
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Interruptus To speake sobbingly.
1570 J. Phillip in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 527 They..sobbingly did shewe by sighes Their straunge tormenting paynes.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxii. 813/1 [He] sobbingly desired them to be content.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 717 He answered, sobbingly, ‘My boy has only done his duty’.
1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 21 His heart arose to tell what it was then able only sobbingly to say.
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