lachrymosely

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lachrymosely - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lachrymose \Lach"ry*mose`\, a. [L. lacrymosus, better
     lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma)
     a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the
     secretion.]
     Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears;
     suffused with tears; tearful.
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           You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. --Lamb.
     -- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.
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