breathlessly

1. 1.

   in a breathless manner

   “she spoke breathlessly”

Questions about breathlessly

What does breathlessly mean?

breathlessly means "in a breathless manner".

How many syllables are in breathlessly?

breathlessly has 3 syllables: breath-les-sly. The stress falls on "breath". In IPA it is /ˈbɹɛθləsli/.

Is breathlessly a common word?

breathlessly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.