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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
breathless
 
SYLLABICATION:breath·less
PRONUNCIATION:  brthls
ADJECTIVE:1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running. 2. Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience. 3. Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight. 4a. Not breathing; without breath. b. Dead. 5. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.
OTHER FORMS:breathless·ly —ADVERB
breathless·ness —NOUN
 
 
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