emphasis You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations. Technology has advanced at a breathless pace. the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings. + breathlessly breath·less·ly Nancy waited breathlessly for him to go on
If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited. I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast + breathlessly breath·less·ly `I'll go in,' he said breathlessly. + breathlessness breath·less·ness Asthma causes wheezing and breathlessness
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"
Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention