wheezily

In labored gasps

In a wheezing manner—with labored, whistling breath: He climbed the stairs wheezily, pausing at each landing.

The word extends to sounds resembling a wheeze: The old accordion wheezily produced a few notes.

respiratory

breathless

Lacking air, gasping

raspy · shortness · huffing · stridor · rattling · puffing · airways · constriction · dyspnea · bronchial

exertion

exhausted

Utterly depleted of energy

overexerted · winded · spent · heaving · struggling · strained · huffing · labored · climbing · running

illness

bronchitis

Inflamed airway disease

tuberculosis · COPD · croup · pleurisy · respiratory · infection · congestion · phlegm · mucus · coughing

Opposites
breath quality

wheezilysmoothly

Without friction or difficulty

clearly · easily · effortlessly · freely · unobstructedly

vocal smoothness

wheezilysmoothly

Without friction or difficulty

clearly · silently · mellifluously · resonantly · sonorously

Family

wheezing

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G