heartbreakingly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English heartbreaking Middle English -ly English -ly English heartbreakingly From heartbreaking + -ly.

1. In a heartbreaking manner

   “They lost heartbreakingly, with an own goal in the last minute of the match.”

   “Cooper’s death was heartbreakingly familiar: 31 children died of vehicular heatstroke in the United States in 2014, the year the boy died, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).”