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† ˈbrokerly, a. and adv. Obs. [f. broker n. + -ly1, -ly2.] A. adj. Of the nature of, or like a broker; pettifogging, huckstering.
1592Nashe P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 9 a, A certaine kind of a brokerly gentleman. 1610B. Jonson Alch. iv. vii. (1616) 663 A brokerly slaue. 1611Cotgr., Mangonne, a Brokers wife, or brokerlie woman. B. adv. By the agency of a broker.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 79 Brokerly blowne vp honour, honour by anticke fawning fidled vp. |