say it: TIR-fuh-lee
tearfully is an adverb meaning "with tears; in a tearful manner". It is pronounced /ˈtɪɹfəli/ — TIR-fuh-lee. It carries one recorded sense.
with tears; in a tearful manner
“the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tearfully come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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