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ˈbrittlely, adv.
Also brittly.
[f. brittle a. + -ly2.]
In a brittle manner.
1580Baret Alv. B 1335 Brittlely; frailely, fragiliter. a1638Mede Wks. I. xxix. 140 The divided toes..are in a sort (though but brittlely) united together. 1678A. Littleton Lat. Dict., Brittly, fragiliter. 1852Smith Eng. & Fr. Dict., Brittlely, Brittly, avec fragilité. 1923D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 44 Almond tree..Grey, lavender sensitive steel, curving thinly and brittly up in a parabola. 1929W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 304 Ridges skeletoned brittlely with frost. 1949M. Mead Male & Female v. 120 The Mundugumor have faced new events brittlely. 1958Spectator 18 July 86/1 This facile Neapolitan, whose music and plot are brittly innocent of modulation. |