brokenly
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4.9
- adverb
- /ˈbroʊkənli/
:
entrecortadamente
- "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies," she whispered brokenly and began to weep.
- whispered brokenly
- said brokenly
Examples
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Neil sobbed brokenly as they walked to the house.
Fiction book (2000) -
"I'm sorry, Ted," she whispered brokenly.
Fiction book (1996) -
"March?" the woman whispered brokenly.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Your skin—" he was saying brokenly.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now he chatted brokenly about other things, and Marie murmured appropriate responses.
Fiction book (1998) -
Momma wept brokenly, squirming into the pillow.
Fiction book (1992) -
She spoke brokenly, struggling to hold back her tears as she recounted the sad news.
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He choked out the words brokenly, pausing to regain his composure between sobs.
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As she remembered the tragic event, Meryl whispered brokenly, her voice trembling with grief.
Synonyms
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8.3
In a way that shows someone crying with short noisy breaths
To move or sound in short sudden ways that are not smooth
In a stopping and starting way with short repeated pauses
With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt
In a trembling voice because of fear or strong feeling
In a way that shows someone is crying
In a way that makes people feel very sad and cry
Antonyms
How Smoothly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brokenly comes from broken, which comes from break, meaning 'to separate into pieces'. The ending -ly makes it an adverb, so to speak brokenly is to speak in pieces, not smoothly or continuously, often because of strong feeling or because you must pause.