What does brokenly mean?
Brokenly means In a broken manner..
Brokenly
Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
Meaning
In a broken manner..
Definitions by Sense
- In a broken manner.
- (Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
Example Sentences
—Something I said, But faint and brokenly of former days, When in the paths of science and of hope, We walk'd, twin-hearted.—Then there came a peal Of vacant laughter from those bloated lips, And the swoll'n hand with trembling haste was stretch'd For friendship's grasp.
It split and melted and splayed its contents brokenly.
It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly.
Upon which, you slink out, bathed in shame and confusion, and Upjohn thanks me brokenly and says if there is anything he can do for me, I have only to name it.
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Word Forms
- more brokenly
- most brokenly
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—Something I said, But faint and brokenly of former days, When in the paths of science and of hope, We walk'd, twin-hearted.—Then there came a peal Of vacant laughter from those bloated lips, And the swoll'n hand with trembling haste was stretch'd For friendship's grasp.
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