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chokingly adverb uk /ˈtʃəʊ.kɪŋ.li/ us /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ.li/ in a way that makes you feel as if you are choking(= unable to breathe): The stench of beer and sweat mingled together to make the air chokingly hot. "You two go ahead," she said chokingly, her throat aching from the smoke. Despite being chokingly sad, the play's final message is optimistic. When she talks of her son, the sense of loss is chokingly obvious. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing aerobic asphyxia asphyxiation aspirate breathable breathe (something) in choke draw breathphrase expire hyperventilation non-breathing out of breath pant puff puffed puffed out puffer stifle strangulation suffocate
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