涙なみだながらMeanings1adverbtearfully; in tears; while cryingDescribes doing something while crying or with tears in one's eyes. Often used with the particle に (涙ながらに).彼かの女じょは涙なみだながらに真しん実じつを語かたった。She tearfully told the truth.涙なみだながらの別わかれとなった。It was a tearful farewell.