movingly
/ˈmuːvɪŋli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmuːvɪŋli/ (ame, ipa)
movingly — adverb
1. if someone speaks, writes, sings, or performs movingly, what they do stirs deep
if someone speaks, writes, sings, or performs movingly, what they do stirs deep feelings of sadness, sympathy, or tenderness in the people listening or watching.
Lakshmi spoke movingly at her grandfather's funeral about the long walks they had taken together.
verb + movingly: spoke movingly about [topic]
The young soldier wrote movingly to his mother about friends he had lost in battle.
wrote movingly to [recipient] about [subject]
Imani sang the old lullaby so movingly that people in the audience began to cry.
Élise described movingly in her diary how her family fled their village during the war.
The film tells the story of a young refugee, movingly portrayed by a first-time actor.
- touchingly
warmer and sweeter; closer to tenderness than to sadness.
- poignantly
more literary; emphasises a bittersweet ache, often about loss.
- affectingly
formal and rarer; suggests the speaker/work stirs feeling without specifying which feeling.
- stirringly
different colour — excitement or pride rather than sadness; e.g. a stirring speech rouses action.
文法句型
verb + movingly
movingly + adjective/past-participle
用法筆記
Almost always modifies verbs of expression or performance — speak, write, sing, play, describe, portray. Subject is usually a person creating something heartfelt, or sometimes the artwork itself in passive form. Distinguish from 'touchingly', which leans toward warmth and sweetness; 'movingly' carries weight and often sadness.