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breathless
adjective
- without breath
- Old Poet. no longer breathing; dead
- out of breath; panting or gasping
- unable to breathe easily because of excitement, fear, etc.
- of or characteristic of writing having a light, superficial, or dramatic, fast-paced style intended to excite the interest of the reader
- still and heavy, as the air; stifling
Related Forms:
- breathlessly adverb
- breathlessness noun
See breathless in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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