brokenlyadv.
/ˈbrəʊk(ə)nli/, U.S. /ˈbroʊkənli/ 1. In a broken manner; with frequent breaks or interruptions in the continuity or quality; abruptly, spasmodically, imperfectly, jerkily.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [adverb]
rhapsodically1586
brokenly1591
discontinuingly1611
interruptly1646
interruptedly1663
discontinuously1816
pulse-wise1909
saccadically1962
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Rompidamente Brokenly, abruptè.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) 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. View more context for this quotation
1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 86 These many termes express it but weakly, and brokenly.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 30 Jan. (1972) VI. 25 And so to sleep, very brokenly all night long.
1695 London Gaz. No. 3050/4 William Peter, a Negro Man..speaks brokenly, left his Master.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 269 Even as the sun Shows brokenly on wavy waters.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 35 And there the tale he utter'd brokenly, Scarce credited at first.
2. In a broken condition or state.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > broken-heartedness > [adverb]
broken-heartedly1678
brokenly1816
strickenly1880
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [adverb] > broken
brokenly1850
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxii. 19 The heart will break, yet brokenly live on.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems II. 27 He flapped his heavy wing all brokenly and weak.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 2/1 While some brokenly live on desolate and despairing.
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