Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tearful \Tear"ful\, a.
   Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
   eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"ful*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

tearfully
     adv : with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed
           tearfully to having beaten his wife"