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tearfully

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tear·ful  (tîrfl)
adj.
1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.
2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

tearful·ly adv.
tearful·ness n.
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Adv.1.tearfully - with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
Translations
tearfully [ˈtɪəfəlɪ] ADV [say, reply, smile] → con lágrimas en los ojos, llorando
tearfully [ˈtɪərfʊli] adv
[say, tell, admit, smile] → à travers ses larmes
Gwendolen smiled tearfully → Gwendolen sourit à travers ses larmes.
(= in tears)
She returned home tearfully to face her parents → Elle est rentrée chez elle en larmes, s'apprêtant à affronter ses parents.
tear gas [ˈtɪərgæs] ngaz m lacrymogène
tea room tearoom [ˈtiːruːm] nsalon m de thé
tear-stained [ˈtɪərsteɪnd] adjbaigné(e) de larmes
tearfully
adv lookmit Tränen in den Augen; sayunter Tränen
tearfully [ˈtɪəfəlɪ] advcon le lacrime agli occhi
tearfully [ˈtɪəfəlɪ] advcon le lacrime agli occhi


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Sara Ray had vowed tearfully the night before that she would be up in the morning to say farewell.
But a few days before they left Moscow, moved and excited by all that was going on, she called Sonya to her and, instead of reproaching and making demands on her, tearfully implored her to sacrifice herself and repay all that the family had done for her by breaking off her engagement with Nicholas.
Tearfully they cast a last look at the shattered tomb of their master, shouldered the heavy burden of gold that would at least furnish comfort, if not happiness, to their bereaved and beloved mistress, and made their mournful way back across the desolate valley of Opar, and downward through the forests beyond toward the distant bungalow.
 
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