What does breakly mean?
Breakly means Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle..
Breakly
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle..
Definitions by Sense
- Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.
- In a breakly manner.
Example Sentences
Our ash is not tough and hard like that, but has an open grain, and is among the most brash or breakly of our timbers.
Daylight was breakly dimly through wild-looking clouds upon a world of tumultuous waters.
"I never thought I 'd say what I 'm going to," she said at last; "it seems indecent; but I can't have you sitting around this way, acting as if I was a piece of cracked chiny that you'd got to handle mighty gingerly or it would drop all to pieces. I ain't so breakly. [...]"
Surface longitudinal breakly furrowed, slight lustrous, orange-brown.
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Word Forms
- more breakly
- most breakly
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Our ash is not tough and hard like that, but has an open grain, and is among the most brash or breakly of our timbers.
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