touchingly

English

Etymology

From touching +‎ -ly.

Adverb

touchingly (comparative more touchingly, superlative most touchingly)

In a touching manner.
a touchingly pathetic plight
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 89–90:
  She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory!