Adverb
with tears; in a tearful manner
Source: WordNetthe man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife Source: Internet
“A gentleman who tearfully described how he and his wife no longer have money to buy food for their four children. Source: Internet
As a funeral, this version of Angel carries Jean's corpse into the sky, where 1602 Cyclops tearfully burns her to ashes with his eye beams. Source: Internet
After Kortni calmed down, she tearfully confessed that it was especially difficult because everyone knew about her "situation with the room" -- and how there was tension between her and Nilsa about where they would reside this summer. Source: Internet
After being lovers for a while, Kukoo tearfully reveals to Gaitonde that she is transgender. Source: Internet
I did try to see a “sex-positive” therapist who was very woke, but after I tearfully confessed my fetish she shamed me for fetishizing gay men and making their lives harder, and called me a homophobe while I sat there and sobbed. Source: Internet