adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an affecting manner; touchingly, pathetically.
1788. Lord Sydney, in Dk. of Buckingham’s Crt. Geo. III. (1853), I. 438. Attention … of the value of which he has shewn himself affectingly sensible.
1841. Spalding, Italy, II. 27. Prefatory verses, which contain an affectingly humble self-review.
1871. Athenæum, 8 April, 423. It is when he has warmed to his work … that his words read the most affectingly.
