stertorously

WOTD - 20 December 2009    

English

Etymology

From stertorous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstəː.təɹ.əs.li/
• (US) IPA: /ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs.li/

Adverb

stertorously (comparative more stertorously, superlative most stertorously)

1. With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20

     The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury.

   • 2000, Mark Gatiss, Last of the Gaderene, chapter 20

     Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.

Related terms

• stertor
• stertorous

Translations

with heavy breathing, as if snoring

Bulgarian: хрипкавo (bg) (hrípkavo) Czech: chroptivě (cs) Finnish: korahdellen (fi), koristen (fi)

German: röchelnd (de) Russian: тяжёло (ru), хрипяще (ru), затруднённо (ru), стерторозно (ru)