bronchitically
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With coughing and wheezing caused by bronchitis; (figuratively) with noises reminiscent of such coughing and wheezing.
Example Sentences
- "The harmonium quavered bronchitically as Mrs Lackersteen struggled to pump sufficient air into it with the sole pedal that worked."
- "Waiting, too, were other people, shabby grey men and women, children holding on to their mothers' skirts, small Puerto Ricans, whites who wheezed bronchitically, others whose lips were lined in blue."
Etymology
From bronchitic + -ally.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more bronchitically (comparative)
most bronchitically (superlative)