breathless
breath|less /br'eθləs/
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast...
● breathlessly [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
`I'll go in,' he said breathlessly.
● breathlessness [N-UNCOUNT]
Asthma causes wheezing and breathlessness.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations.
Technology has advanced at a breathless pace.
...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings.
● breathlessly [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Nancy waited breathlessly for him to go on.
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast...
● breathlessly [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
`I'll go in,' he said breathlessly.
● breathlessness [N-UNCOUNT]
Asthma causes wheezing and breathlessness.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations.
Technology has advanced at a breathless pace.
...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings.
● breathlessly [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Nancy waited breathlessly for him to go on.