tearily

English

Etymology

From teary +‎ -ly.

Adverb

tearily (comparative more tearily, superlative most tearily)

1. In a teary manner.
   • 2009 April 21, Kevin Sack, “With Son in Remission, Family Looks for Coverage”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     When Danna Walker left the second-floor conference room and returned tearily to her desk — where someone had already deposited a packing box for her belongings — her first thought was not of the 14 years she had worked for DHL or the loss of her $37,000-a-year salary.

Anagrams

• Reality, irately, reality