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
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"
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