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sobbingly

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SOB  (s-b)
n. Vulgar
A son of a bitch.
sob  (sb)
v. sobbed, sob·bing, sobs
v.intr.
1. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably. See Synonyms at cry.
2. To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.
v.tr.
1. To utter with sobs.
2. To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing: sob oneself to sleep.
n.
The act or sound of sobbing.
[Middle English sobben, perhaps of Low German origin.]
sobbing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.sobbingly - with sobs; "sobbingly, the teenager admitted killing the baby"


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And Nancy turned sobbingly, and went back to her kitchen.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
"I don't want any dinner, Marilla," said Anne, sobbingly.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
The hills sweated the ghi and sugar suet off his bones; the dry air, taken sobbingly at the head of cruel passes, firmed and built out his upper ribs; and the tilted levels put new hard muscles into calf and thigh.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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