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brokenly, adv.|ˈbrəʊk(ə)nlɪ|
[f. broken + -ly2.]
1. In a broken manner; with frequent breaks or interruptions in the continuity or quality; abruptly, spasmodically, imperfectly, jerkily.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Rompidamente, brokenly, abruptè. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 106 O faire Katherine, if you will loue me soundly with your French heart, I will be glad to heare you confesse it brokenly with your English Tongue. 1656Jeanes Mixt. Schol. Div. 86 These many termes express it but weakly, and brokenly. 1664–5Pepys Diary (1879) III. 110 And so to sleep, very brokenly, all night long. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3050/4 William Peter, a Negro Man..speaks brokenly, left his Master. 1839Bailey Festus xx. (1848) 263 Even as the sun Shows brokenly on wavy waters. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 648 And there the tale he utter'd brokenly, Scarce credited at first.
2. In a broken condition or state.
1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. xxxii, The heart will break, yet brokenly live on. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 27 He flapped his heavy wing all brokenly and weak. 1883Pall Mall G. 6 Sept. 2/1 While some brokenly live on desolate and despairing. |