adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a breathing manner; with or as with life or animation; gently as a breath.
1815. Examiner, 19 March, 14/2. Anatomical science, and a feeling and study breathingly alive to historical description, are seen in Mr. Gahagans Judith and Holofernes.
1830. J. Wilson, in Blackw. Mag., XXVIII. 527. Perfect spiritual health, breathingly embodied in perfect corporeal flesh and blood.
a. 1859. L. Hunt, Poems (1860), 236. A rill that slips Over the sunny pebbles breathingly.