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Definition 2024
tearily
tearily
English
Adverb
tearily (comparative more tearily, superlative most tearily)
- In a teary manner.
- 2009 April 21, Kevin Sack, “With Son in Remission, Family Looks for Coverage”, in New York Times:
- When Danna Walker left the second-floor conference room and returned tearily to her desk — where someone had already deposited a packing box for her belongings — her first thought was not of the 14 years she had worked for DHL or the loss of her $37,000-a-year salary.
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