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breathless

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breathless
breathless /ˈbreθləs/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: breath, breather, breathing; adjective: breathless, breathy; verb: breathe; adverb: breathlessly
1. having difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened:
    The long climb left Jan feeling breathless.
    breathless with
    They waited, breathless with anticipation.
2. written excited:
    His first novel drew breathless superlatives from critics.
3. at (a) breathless pace/speed extremely fast
4. literary unpleasantly hot, with no fresh air or wind:
    the breathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome
—breathlessly adverb
—breathlessness noun [uncountable]