In a manner relating to or characteristic of asthma; with the wheezing, difficulty breathing, or breathing patterns associated with asthma.
From asthmatic (from Greek asthma 'short-windedness') plus -al plus -ly adverbial suffix. The root asthma comes from Greek meaning a state of difficult breathing.
When someone 'asthmatically' breathes, they're struggling to get air through constricted airways—and it's fascinating that the word asthma comes directly from ancient Greek, meaning doctors have been studying this breathing condition for over 2,000 years.
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