brokenly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more brokenly (comparative)
most brokenly (superlative)