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Meaning of bronchitically | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

With coughing and wheezing caused by bronchitis; (figuratively) with noises reminiscent of such coughing and wheezing.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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