adverb
- in a manner characterized by bleating; with a bleating sound or quality
Usage: often used to describe speech or utterance that is weak, plaintive, or resembles the cry of a sheep or goat
Examples
- He spoke bleatingly about his grievances, his voice wavering and uncertain.
- The child cried bleatingly for her mother in the crowded store.
- She bleatingly protested the unfair decision, but no one took her seriously.
- The old man bleatingly complained about the weather to anyone who would listen.
- He answered bleatingly, as if unsure of his own words.